人類自出生以來就有性別的區分，因為兩性在生理上及心理上的差異，導致女性無論在家庭或社會中，其角色與職責都和男性有所差別，甚而遭受不平等的對待。本研究主要著眼的議題是藉此瞭解台灣女性立法委員在政治參與中對於性別角色之抉擇與性別意識的認同，與她們對於婦女保障名額制度及福利制度的看法，以及她們對於兩性平權與性別主流化的認知與態度
研究發現：在內部環境中，女性立法委員的思想受到自由主義女性主義與社會主義女性主義思想的交互影響，家庭角色困境並不顯著，家庭照顧問題並未明顯影響政治參與。在外部環境裡，女性立法委員認為台灣女性能力足夠但兩性平權並未落實，以及在選舉過程及問政之議題選擇上仍有其困境，因此在社會福利與選制的婦女保障制度仍有提昇、改善之必要。
The study is focusing on the female legislators in Taiwan, and analysis the following issues: first, the choice of gender roles and the identification of gender consciousness; second, their perspective on Female Reserved Seats Systems and Social Welfare System; third, the cognition and attitude about gender equality and gender mainstreaming.
This research discovers that, in internal environment, liberal feminism and socialist feminism have reciprocal impacts on the thought of the female legislators, but the difficulty playing family role is not a significant factor. And the family-caring problem does not have significant impact on political participation. In external environment, the female legislators consider that Taiwanese women have enough competency, but the real gender equality in Taiwan is not sufficient enough today. As a female legislator, not only the election process is frustrated, but also the choice of policy subjects are restricted. Consequently, the improvement in Female Reserved Seats Systems and Social Welfare System are needed.
