Why did Harriet Jacobs,author of Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl,say that slavery "is terrible for men;but it is far more terrible for women"?

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Harriet Jacobs likely said that slavery is far more terrible for women because slave women were often the victims of sexual abuse and rape by their masters. The children born from these assaults were also considered property and increased the wealth of the master, leading to further exploitation of slave women. Male slaves, while also subjected to physical abuse and hard labor, were not typically subject to this specific form of gendered violence.

Why Did Harriet Jacobs,author of Incidents in the Life of a Slave