"Taiwan's women's rights movement has always been relatively Westernized and elitist," says Liu. She notes that whenever her students who had suffered domestic violence sought to participate in the women's movement, they were given marginal tasks like sticking stamps on envelopes and handing out fliers, reinforcing their sense of uselessness and powerlessness.
「台灣的女權運動一向比較西方、比較菁英，」劉秀美觀察，受暴學員即使參加婦運，也往往被編派去貼郵票、發傳單，做一些很邊緣的事情，讓她們更覺得自己的無能和無力。