And conformity and frugality were the most revered values in society. Under those conditions, Ho continues, young people were taught to repress their vitality and their desires, and to "tamely accept control and direction." Individuality and autonomy were deliberately quashed.
何春蕤指出，在那樣的歷史情境中，為了確保青少年都能學會壓抑自己的活力和慾望，「馴服的接受管理和指示」，因此刻意排除青少年可能的個別性和自主性。