Explaining how gender violence functions as a tool for colonialism and genocide means acknowledging that though colonization happened to both men and women, the effects women experienced was different from that of men. Smith pointed out Native women felt not just their bodies raped, but also their identity as well. (Smith 8) The rapes were so that the women were quoted saying they wished they were no longer Indian. The sexual violence against these women was so prevalent they began believing being Indian caused the rapes. The sexual violence that stemmed from colonialism made believable that Indian bodies are irrelevant therefore permissible to violate. Continued and repeated violation of Indian women led to acceptance by Indians believing
