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The Forced Effeminization Of Male Chinese Immigrants And The Consequences Of This Process, Hailee Brandt
The Forced Effeminization Of Male Chinese Immigrants And The Consequences Of This Process, Hailee Brandt
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The aim of this paper is to uncover and highlight the forced effeminization of male Chinese immigrants and the consequences of this process during the Chinese Exclusion Act Era. The Chinese Exclusion Act Era is defined by a period of time within American history in which strict and scrutinizing laws were created with the aim of restricting access to the United States for Chinese people. Additionally, these laws aimed to restrict the freedom the Chinese people might have had whilst living their lives in America if they ever were to make it through such oppressive borders. The most notable of …