Topic summary
Indecency
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Inappropriateness.
History - San Francisco
Indecency and good morals laws became more common in 19th century San Francisco as the population of women increased. Very frequently, immigrant women were targeted for being indecent regardless of whether they were a sex worker or not. European men criticized Chinese, Mexican, and South American women for being improper, immodest, and impure, articulating a stark boundary between racialized and gendered legality.