Yu Mei-nu believes that the idea that "the law doesn't enter the home" was well suited to feudal society, but that the structures of modern society are vastly different and that any matters that encroach upon an individual's rights fall within the scope of the law. For in stance, the Children's Welfare Law and Battered Homes Prevention Law both are aimed at protecting the rights of the individual.
尤美女認為，「法不入家門」適用於封時代，但現代社會型態改變，任何侵犯私領域的事，法律都應介入，例如「兒童福利法」、正在審議的「家庭暴力防製法」都是保障私領域的權益。