After Retrocession, these restrictions were eliminated, but many families, because of economic constraints, chose to give educational opportunities to sons at the expense of daughters.
日據時代，女子教育受到種種限制，即使家庭條件能供女兒入高等女校，實際程度也只及男校的初中。光復後教育機會平等了，但一般中等家庭，在受到經濟條件限制時，女孩受教育的機會往往讓給男孩。