Li Mei-chih, professor of psychology at National Cheng Chih University, points out that "in order to attain self-realization, for most people there is a need for continuous intellectual rumination," while the waking hours of housewives are obviously completely taken up with routine housework and assorted household crises.
政治大學心理系教授李美枝指出：「要達到知性的自我成長，一般說來，需要有連續性的運智思考時間。」而家庭主婦的時間，顯然被例行家事和突發事件，切割得支離破碎。