Pocahontas

In The Pocahontas Perplex, it is made evident that many men in the 17^th century were indeed Neanderthals. They were controlling sexists who took advantage of Native American women and allowed their desiring perceptions of women to affect their ability to form perceptions correctly.  Did anyone ever consider that Pocahontas did not want to marry John Rolfe? I mean she was being held captive when she met and married him. One could argue that in Pocahontas’s famous painting, John Rolfe is trying to remove her from the Indian lifestyle and making her become more English or “proper”. It is also arguable that their marriage was a way the English tried to gain control over the Indians because Pocahontas was an important person among the Indians and her change in lifestyle could influence other Indians to become more like her.