The analogy between slaves and women was supported in some prejudices of the time that believed that both groups had similar intrinsic defects such as a lack of intelligence and emotional instability, which was in some way was compensated by the possibility of physical beauty and docility :242.
La analogía mujeres-esclavos se apoyaba en algunos prejuicios de la época que creían que ambos sectores tenían intrínsecamente defectos semejantes como falta de inteligencia e inestabilidad emocional, que compensaban en cierta manera con la posibilidad de belleza física y docilidad :242.