As the only male in the family, Mayaw has always felt the mothers in the Amis tribe were more capable than the fathers but lower in socio-economic position. This, together with his experience in growing up in the tribal village, led Mayaw to choose to identify with his "Aboriginal" status.
做為家中唯一的男子，馬躍一直覺得阿美族母親的能力高於父親，但是在社經地位卻屬於弱勢；加上在原住民部落的生長經驗，讓他選擇了「原住民」身份的認同。