Society's notion of the ideal "new man" started out with a faithful fellow who comes home every day for his evening meal, helps with the housework and with looking after the children, and puts wife and family first. But this model is now giving way to someone who has achieved psychological adjustment on a deeper level: a "liberated man" able to cast off the advantages--and the shackles--of centuries of patriarchy.
社會上對於「新好男人」的形象從早期的每天回家吃晚餐、幫忙做家事、帶孩子，對妻子、家庭忠心專情等具象的要求，走向較屬深層心理調適、能放下千百年來父權優勢或男性枷鎖的「解放男人」。