This new realization made her read each article of the psychologist licensing law carefully and imagine her life as a licensed practitioner-working within the system, following regulations for counselors. "I suddenly felt a wave of alienation wash over me," she says.
2004 年，北區海巡特考遭台北市政府兩性工作平等委員會裁定構成性別歧視，並處以罰鍰 1 萬元，促使考試院決議嚴審用人機關提報的性別限制。