JAMB English Language 2021 Objective — Question 5

Question 5 of 60 from the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) English Language 2021 Objective paper, with the correct answer and a full explanation.

Corresponding to the popular sexual myth that black men are genitally over-endowed are notions that _____

A. African women's sexual organs are more highly developed than those of European women.
B. African women can never truly be raped.
C. Scientific representations of the black woman's body are exaggerated.
D. African women are amoral Jezebels.Correct

Explanation

The mirror-image racist myth to the 'over-endowed black male' stereotype is the 'Jezebel' myth — the false, prejudiced portrayal of African women as inherently hypersexual and lacking morals.

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