If they were to break up, the woman would be scorned by those of the old school of thinking and shunned by those of the new.
至於那些保守的舊式女子，安安分分接受閫教、心甘情願聽憑父母之言嫁作人婦；然而，這時候的青年男子多已不願娶個沒有知識的舊式姑娘，而要自己挑選知書達禮、能言善道，可以陪自己交際應酬的「新派女子」。