James Mill using the condition of Indian women to justify colonialism in India:
‘The condition of women is one of the most remarkable circumstances in the manners of nations… The history of uncultivated nations uniformly represents the women as in a state of abject slavery, from which they slowly emerge as civilization advances…A state of dependence more strict and humiliating than that which is ordained for the weaker sex among the Hindus cannot be conceived.’
Thus the construction of the women’s question was doubtless a strategy that was political in nature. It became a crucial tool for colonial ideology to establish and assert the moral superiority of the colonial rulers over the colonized
Compared to this post on popular blog 'RegimechangeIran':
A Daily Briefing on Iran: Iranian Women Kick Out Against Football Ban
Not so difficult to see what is going on here.
