“European women's "sexual fear" appears to arise in special circumstances of unequal power structures at times of particular political pressure: when the dominant power group perceives itself as threatened and vulnerable. Protecting the virtue of white women was the pretext for instituting draconian measures against indigenous populations [...] the actual level of rape and sexual assault bore no relation to the hysteria that the subject aroused.” HistoryPsychologyFeminismSociologyRace RelationsSocial TheoryGender StudiesHistory Of Ideas Book:Beyond the Pale: White Women, Racism, and History Source: Beyond the Pale: White Women, Racism, and History