In Taiwan, however, it is invariably men who take to the altar at Daoist ceremonies. The reason why most Taiwanese Daoist masters are male is that Taiwanese Daoism is an offshoot of the Zhengyi sect of Fujian province, in which affairs are run by men who marry and practice the Daoist discipline at home.
而研究道教的學者李豐楙則補充，台灣的道教因為沿習福建「正一派」，由在家修道可以娶妻生子的男子擔綱，才使得道教科儀上作法吹螺的師公多為男性。