First lady Wu Shu-chen (吳淑珍) urged gender equality in the home yesterday, saying that in her house, President Chen Shui-bian (
Wu made the remarks when she attended the inauguration of a Web site of a committee under the Executive Yuan to promote women's rights. She was also interviewed by entertainer Tao Chin-ying on the eve of International Women's Day.
On the reports of domestic violence that seem to appear in the media daily, Wu said that she despises men who use violence against women more than anything else.
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Couples should work out their differences together, she said, adding that while Interior Minister Yu Chen-hsien (余政憲) and his legislator wife, Chen Kui-lien (鄭貴蓮), might confront each other at the legislature, they do not take their arguments home with them.
Wu, who has won the hearts of the nation with her unassuming and humorous attitude, said that conflicts in the family should be solved through rational communication and she added that domestic violence has a negative effect on children and causes family and social problems.
Wu, who has been confined to a wheelchair since being run over by a truck in the 1980s, also talked about ways to reduce the chance of family conflicts, saying that people today face great pressure from work and that finding ways to relieve that pressure is the key to harmony between the genders.
Describing her own emotional outlet, Wu said that she goes shopping and she urged the women of the nation to do what they want to celebrate Women's Day.
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