The meteoric growth rates of the early 70's were a turning point in the restructuring of Taiwan's economy. Men couldn't keep pace with the expanding labor market, so women entered to fill the vacuum.
到了「工業快速發展時期」（民國五十八至六十二年），勞力密集工業飛速發展，進入經濟結構改變的轉捩點，這時由於男性不足以應付偌大的勞動市場，婦女的就業機會不斷增加。