Duration: 1 hour and 30 mins

Asian American women experience a unique type of intersectional discrimination compared to others. With the influence of the minority myth gender roles, and hyper-sexualization they are viewed as ‘submissive’. This is followed up by racialized sexism in the workplace and normative expectations of beings to be studious, family-orientated, and foreign. As expected, Asian women face difficulty in gaining leadership roles similar to Asian men.

Students will read a research paper that further discusses the impact of the workplace on Asian Women.

It is important to shed light into this issue as Asian American women are also found to have a higher suicidal rate compared to the general population. Gendered microaggressions are found to predict suicidal ideation with a threefold increase in the odds of suicidal ideation.

Students will then read "The Gendered Radicalization of Asian Women as Villanous Temptresses".

Media portrayal of Asian women fuel into the normative of the group as ‘villainous temptresses’ with defining traits of being beautiful, desirable, and dangerous.

There are two overarching historical circumstances that are directly linked to these currest issues:

1. The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 - Outlines a 10 year ban on Chinese laborers immigrating to the United States and reinforced by the Geary Act which regulated Chinese laborers in the 20th century.
2. The Page Act of 1875 - Predecessor of the Chinese Exclusion Act and prohibited the entry of Chinese women.

For both events, students will read and look over the hyperlinks and resources below:

The Official Chinese Exclusion Act Document

The Annotated Chinese Exlcusion Act Document

The Official Page Act Document

The Page Act Sample Plan