And Liao Hui-ying, the author who ignited this fire in society, opened discussion on many previously untouched topics, like men having affairs, women sleeping around, domestic violence, alienated mothers and daughters, tension between mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law, and marriage between older women and younger men. Suddenly, everyone--even academics--was talking about these social phenomena.
而這位為社會投下震撼彈的小說家廖輝英，將種種隱而未揭的私領域現象：男性外遇、女性劈腿、家暴、母女情結、婆媳過招、少夫老妻… …，一一搬上檯面，成為街頭巷議甚至學者討論的社會顯學。