ABSTRACT
This chapter assumes that Fiske's hypotheses would stand in the case of 'female migrant spouses' (FMSs) and that the parties involved in a FMS-related lawsuit can perceive the stereotypes linked to FMSs and act knowingly in court, with or without the help of legal professionals. It examines the legal rights most essential to her and already institutionally secured for women in Taiwan, such as the rights to live independently in a society, to be equal in a marriage, to receive money, and accumulate wealth. The chapter investigates whether the legal victories of Taiwanese women are shared with FMSs. It examines how the FMSs and their adversaries in court seek to turn the stereotypes attached to FMS to their respective advantage. A woman who immigrated to Taiwan for a broker-arranged marriage faces social oppression concurrently from three sources: the inequality between social classes, the gender inequality rooted in culture, and the discrimination based on alienage.
