Social factors "also give women a greater chance for success," says Tsai Te-long. Because of the practice of purdah, women of Islamic countries are excluded from competition, he explains, and with the exception of Korea, Japan, mainland China and Taiwan, most Asian countries still hold rather conservative attitudes about women's athletics.
「就『人和』的優勢來說，女子奪標的機會更多」，蔡特龍解釋：其一是回教國家女子少有「拋頭露面」的可能；而放眼亞洲地區，除韓、日、大陸、台灣外，其餘國家女子的運動風氣仍然保守。