Women were allowed to take part in the public sphere as a source, but they were never allowed to take ownership of it. In American literature we read Harriet Jacobs' slave fiction Incidents in the Life. Many times she would downplay her experience by belittling herself and basically saying “what do I know, this is just my experience. I'm just a mother, just a slave." Find the quote in the book. Similar to the Jin Shuai, she is willing to say what she feels and means, but is not willing to follow through and claim her thoughts. She is not willing to give her views the title of feminist, Harriet Jacobs is not willing to say that her work matters. Even when women have something important to say, it has to be approved by men in the culture. We may only be as radical as our culture allows. Once we have approved of a certain way of being, it can be almost impossible to change it