Based on phone surveys she conducted in the Hengchun area of Pingtung County, Huang Lan-ching believes that many families have deep-rooted, unshakable prejudices. Some families with an inferiority complex are afraid that if the foreign spouse is allowed out of the house she will become too wordly-wise for her own good, and may be corrupted by bad company or run away.
黃蘭卿在恆春地區電話訪問的經驗發現，觀念根深柢固難以撼動的家庭不少，有的是因為自卑感，怕媳婦外出見識多了，一比較，就會「學壞」或「落跑」。