However, Wang explains, this situation by no means suggests that women and men are on an equal footing, because in most cases women still believe that it is "more clever" to pretend to observe traditional virtues. Accumulating power in that way does not challenge entrenched views, and is less likely to be suppressed.
王行說，這種情況並不表示兩性平等，因為大部份在家中掌握較大權力的女人仍認為，以「賢慧」的方式虛位化男人比較「聰明」，不會挑戰到既有的兩性觀念，從而較有安全感，也較不會受到打壓。