sa law L. Supposed to protect Indians from slavery But an exemption in the law said you could enslave if they h ned to be a cannibal 2. Subsequently, many people were labels as cannibals d. In China a lot of justification from missionaries on the practice of foot In India, justification for the practice of Sati( Sutee) Sati: wives were immolated on the funeral pyres of their husbands f. Also a practice called thugee This is where the word"thug"comes from A sect had a requirement that to be an adult male you had to ki someone on the road iii. The explanation for this was that it wasnt true, there just happened to be many robbers on the road g. These were things seized on by colonizers to justify the subjugation of the h. Very often these things seem to do with women and womens bodies i. The Puritan settlers were appalled at how the Native Americans treated their women i. The men would cut down the trees and clear the land for planning but the women would plant the crops, tend the land and harvest all the food while the men s job was to hunt But the Puritans say the Indian men were lazy ii1. But they missed the point that these Indians hunted all night Also missed the fact their own society was very repressive of women j. Here are these people who repress their own women, but also use the repression as a principle justification for their critique of the"natives 4. Morality: Constructed and Contingentc. Spain passes a law called the New Law. i. Supposed to protect Indians from slavery. 1. But an exemption in the law said you could enslave someone if they happened to be a cannibal. 2. Subsequently, many people were labels as cannibals d. In China a lot of justification from missionaries on the practice of foot binding e. In India, justification for the practice of Sati (Sutee) i. Sati: wives were immolated on the funeral pyres of their husbands f. Also a practice called thugee i. This is where the word “thug” comes from ii. A sect had a requirement that to be an adult male you had to kill someone on the road. iii. The explanation for this was that it wasn’t true, there just happened to be many robbers on the road. g. These were things seized on by colonizers to justify the subjugation of the people. h. Very often these things seem to do with women and women’s bodies. i. The Puritan settlers were appalled at how the Native Americans treated their women. i. The men would cut down the trees and clear the land for planning, but the women would plant the crops, tend the land and harvest all the food, while the men’s job was to hunt. ii. But the Puritans say the Indian men were lazy. iii. But they missed the point that these Indians hunted all night iv. Also missed the fact their own society was very repressive of women. j. Here are these people who repress their own women, but also use the repression as a principle justification for their critique of the “natives”. 4. Morality: Constructed and Contingent