During the 1970s and 1980s, women were constantly trying to find some reason to move out of their in-laws 'homes. Because such a desire was considered immoral, they had to think up all kinds of excuses to get what they wanted. They were under a lot of pressure. Back then, any woman who didn't want to play the traditional role of daughter-in-law had serious problems with her in-laws.
以一直發生衝突的婆媳同住問題為例，七、八○年代，媳婦一直努力試圖搬出公婆家，在道德上很被質疑，必須想許多藉口、方法，社會壓力強大，當時就發生許多女性不想扮演傳統媳婦，造成婆媳情感撕裂，啟動兩代緊張關係的案例。