The article "Women's and Men's Gender Role Attitudes in Coastal China and Taiwan" by Su-hao Tu and Ying-hwa Chang, explains Taiwanese attitudes towards gender role from the perspective in social and economic changes. The film, Eat Drink Man Woman (1994) by Ang Lee, shows a Taiwanese family with characters who highlight some of the results found by the researchers. In the movie, the character of Jia Chien illustrated a woman with an egalitarian gender attitude which confirm the conclusion of researchers Su-hao Tu and Ying-hwa Chang based on her educational background, and her employment experience. Woman does not hold the prestige and influence that men do, as their sector of high ranking jobs or employment is so small. The article states
