Political trouble for early activists was just one obstacle faced by the women's movement. The root problem, says Shih Chi-ching, has been, as always, that "the opponent the women's movement is taking on--the paternalistic structure--is simply too enormous."
早期啟蒙者的政治波折，只是婦女運動發展的難處之一，更根本的原因還在於「婦運挑戰改革的對象﹘ ﹘父權體制，未免過於龐大」，施寄青指出。