Question

Gender roles under slavery: a. differed from those of white society because men and women alike suffered a sense of powerlessness. b. were unaffected by the ability of masters to take advantage of female slaves sexually. c. were the same as those that existed in white society. d. greatly differed from those of whites when slaves were able to work on their own; the men took on more women’s work and vice versa. e. meant that slave husbands refused to let their wives work in the fields.

Answer 1

a. differed from those of white society because men and women alike suffered a sense of powerlessness.

Explanation:

Being a slave was having absolutely no right to anything, as slaves these people were considered just the possession of their masters and were just willing to do what their owners ordered to do which was basically grueling labor.

They often suffered mental and physical degradation, merciless beats and their loved ones separation.

Because of these and many other reasons, it is just logical that both genders experienced a sense of powerlessness.