That one sex needs protection more than the other is a male supremacist myth as ridiculous and unworthy of respect as the white
supremacist myths that society is trying to cure itself of at this time." What does Congresswoman Chisholm mean when she uses the term supremacist in her speech? A. The idea that women need protection from men is a myth. B. White men believe they are superior to women and blacks. C. Male supremacists think they are superior to white supremacists. D. Male supremacists are ridiculous and unworthy of respect.
What Congresswoman Chisholm means when she uses the term supremacist in her speech is "The idea that women need protection from men is a myth"
Explanation:
Male supremacy is a way of thinking that underestimates women, describing them as inferior to man, calling them manipulative and stupid, and considers that the only value that women have, if it can be seen that way, is the biological capacity to reproduce human race, they are also portrayed as a sex tool in this ideology. Then being inferior being according to them women need the protection of men.
Douglass learns the white man's power comes from the ability to prevent education to the slaves. The excerpt expresses Douglass' understanding of how education empowers the literate person and by remaining illiterate, unable to read, the master keeps his power against the slave.
