Pressures from the husband's family and from society all press down on a woman's shoulders when making these decisions. Whether or not a woman produces a male heir typically determines her position in the traditional Taiwanese family. Not becoming pregnant or not producing a male heir are often excuses for a husband to have a mistress.
婆家和社會壓力向來落在女性身上，生不生得出男嗣往往決定一個女性在台灣家庭裡的地位，不育或生不出男嗣也常成為先生外遇的藉口。