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Asian Women & Purity Culture - Coggle Diagram
Asian Women & Purity Culture
A rise in anti-Asian hate, hate crimes has occurred in America during the Covid-19 pandemic
Especially aimed against women & the elderly
Killer in Atlanta shooting attributed actions to "sex addiction," not racism
He was a member of an Evangelical church
Links to Christian nationalism in regard to purity culture
Could be purity culture gone to the extreme
Asian women = linked to sexuality as tempters & seducers
White Christian nationalist rhetoric/actions promote this hate
Ex: Trump slurs "Kung Flu," "Chinese Virus"
Purity meaning: to be pure from sexual sin before marriage
Purity of the body: not performing the act of sexual sin
Purity of the mind: not thinking of committing the sin
Concept makes women feel like their bodies = associated with sin
"Gateway to immorality"
Asian women in particular = inappropriately associated with sexuality as tempters & seducers
2 layers/2 sources of immorality in purity culture
(1) Being a woman
(2) Being Asian
Double standard:
Women: natural sinners/tempters
Men: Should be shown forgiveness by women for their "natural tendencies"
Linked to Christian nationalism
Not just about purity of the individual/physical body-- also the national body
About all types of purity
Racial purity
National purity
Ethnic purity