Scholars also study the ways in which colonialism has effected sexuality today and argue that due to racism and slavery it has been dramatically changed from the way it had previously been understood.[1] These changes to sexuality are argued to be largely effected by the enforcement of the gender binary and heteropatriarchy as tools of colonization on colonized communities as seen in nations such as India, Samoa, and the First Nations in the Americas, resulting in their the deaths and erasure of non-western genders and sexualities. In the United States people of color face the effects of colonialism in different ways with stereotypes such as the the Mammy, and Jezabel for Black women; lotus blossom, and dragon lady for Asian women; and the "spicy" Latina. [2]

  1. ^ Rojas, Maythee (2099). Women of Color and Feminism (1st ed.). Seal Press. ISBN 978-1-58005-272-6. Retrieved 11/30/2015. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help); External link in |ref= (help)
  2. ^ Yarbrough, Marilyn; Bennet, Crystal. "Mammy Jezebel and Sistahs". Race, Racism and the Law!. racism.org. Retrieved 11/30/2015. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); External link in |ref= (help)