The reports of Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Kao Chia-yu (高嘉瑜) being physically abused by her then-partner shocked the nation. Many older viewers in front of the television might be wondering: “What’s wrong with the love lives of young people nowadays?” Younger viewers might be wondering: “Can love ever be trusted again?”
Taiwan’s cosmopolitan values are greatly influenced by the Western media. These influences have borne plenty of fruit in the realm of social justice and in the battle for gender equality, which has gotten the nation noticed on the international stage.
With the rise of the “Internet generation,” who came of age