一九一一年,二十一岁的胡适,初到美国留学,写信给母亲报告情况,详谈了体育、交际、饮食三个方面。关于交际方面,他说:“美国男女平权,无甚界限。……此间有上等缙绅人家,待中国人极优,时邀吾辈赴其家坐谈。美俗每有客来,皆由主妇招待,主人不过陪侍相助而已。又时延女客与吾辈相见。美国女子较之男子尤为大方,对客侃侃谈论,令人生敬。此亦中西俗尚之不同者也。”(《胡适书信集》上册18页,1911年2月18日致母亲信)一个青年人,从“严男女之大防”的中国,到了男女交际自由的美国,这方面的印象当然强 In 1911, Hu Shih, 21, first came to study in the United States, wrote a letter to his mother to report the situation, and discussed in detail the three aspects of sports, communication and eating. With regard to communication, he said: “There is no boundary between men and women in the United States. ... There are gentlemen here and there, when the Chinese are extremely good, they invite us to sit in their homes. Hospitality, but the host only escort it. Delay time and the women and the generation of women meet .United States woman is more generous than the man, talk about the guest, make respectable .This is also different from the West is still different. ”(“ ”Letter 18, 18 February 1911 to Mother Letter) A young man, from China,“ a big man and woman of great defense ”, to the United States, where men and women have no freedom of communication, certainly has a strong impression