My grandmother was born in China in the 1950s. Like many women of her generation, she never received a formal education nor had a job. Her sole focus in life was her family. During our brief cohabitation, numerous conflicts and arguments erupted, such as her belief that, as a woman, I must learn to cook.

Through interactions with peers, I realized this was not an isolated issue from individual personalities but a societal phenomenon rooted in collective problems. Many women of China's Generation Z have vastly different backgrounds from those of the 1950s, making communication between us exceptionally challenging. While modern-day women have gained power through struggle, deep-seated feudal beliefs persist. I embarked on a research journey to understand what contributed to the prevalence of such feudal thinking among women of my grandmother's era.