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Dominant masculine perceptions of early twentieth century Europe shaped the mass opinions of the people at large, by giving them the sense of unity within the nation, that no matter where you were on the hierarchy, you were still above someone else. The biological and moral perceptions used to justify their suppression and denial of political rights, was to prove with science, their idea of how racial and social Darwinian factors maintained a strong, productive …

…of 'savages' of imperialism were seen as biological and moral threats to the racial ethnic-state of European nations. They would infiltrate their weak, non-rational, unproductive and uncivilized ways into the European nation if not suppressed or denied. The dominant male groups and individuals whom regulated government and policy justified these perceptions with the common idea of race and social Darwinism as a science that proved their superiority to do so on behalf of nationalistic functions.