Over time, there arose "progressive men" who supported feminism. Nevertheless, the magazine argued, "they only supported it verbally, while in their day-to-day behavior they remained extremely traditional." Practical adaptation to feminism only began later.
漸漸，沙文聲音稍息，便有聲稱支持女性主義的「進步男性」出現，然而，「他們只是在口頭上聲援，實際生活或行為還是非常傳統的男性行徑。」