China issues a ban on “sissy men”

Chinese President Xi Jinping
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Chinese President Xi Jinping has banned effeminate men from national television, instructing broadcasters to focus on promoting the “revolutionary culture” of the communist government.

The AP reports that Jinping issued a program of “national rejuvenation” which will include increased state “control of business, education, culture and religion.” The program will also include a ban on certain online games and a curbing of celebrity culture.

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The National Radio and TV Administration issued further details about that reduction of celebrity culture, saying the nation must “resolutely put an end to sissy men and other abnormal esthetics.” The language used in the statement included slang for effeminate men: “niang pao,” which literally translates to “girly guns.”

The edict comes as a partial response to the rise of K-Pop and Japanese celebrities, much of which includes youthful or fashionable men. China’s government believes such men–which it perceives as effeminate–damage the national character.

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