“Sexual Savages:” Christian Stereotypes and Violence against North America’s Native Women

Contrasts British male colonial attitudes to women in general and Indigenous women in particular to their status in traditional Indigenous societies; traces the development of stereotypes about both men and women; looks at the impacts of government-church alliances, the role of contemporary media and incidence and types of violence perpetrated against Indigenous women; and argues that restoring safety will mean recognizing and attempting to correct harms done by non-Indigenous societies, and decolonization of communities so that they may heal from historic trauma. Chapter 5 from Religion and Men's Violence Against Women edited by Andy J. Johnson.