[3] Ding Ling further criticizes the double standard between men and women surrounding social issues such as divorce, abortion, and remaining unmarried.

[6] As a member of the May Fourth Movement generation of writers, Ding Ling's evolution in writing reflected her transition from Republican to Socialist China.

[9] Some scholars attribute the claims that Ding Ling penned in Thoughts on March 8 as being directly in response to a conflict surrounding the collaboration between May Fourth literati and the CCP.

[8] Liberation Daily soon published critical essays (杂文 - záwén), whose topics included Party leadership, their public actions, and the morals of the population.

[5] With this in mind, Ding Ling demonstrates that all women - even those who prioritize raising their children, as they were obligated to as a wife - are, ultimately, confined to an identity of "backwardness.

"[5] Ding Ling credits her ability to tell the truth - a skill she adopted due to her “revolutionary credentials, her life as a Communist, and her gender”[3] - as to why she gives herself the role as being the spokesperson for all women.

[15] Finally, Ding Ling notes that "people without ability"[5] are weak, which is why she ends her essay with four-fold life advice for the reader to follow in order to strengthen themselves.

[19] Finally, “resolution in hardship” and “perseverance to the end” was necessary, as people who are collective-minded rather than individualistic are able to benefit the world and “persevere to the end.”[19] Ding Ling's solution to this situation is a communal one (as some scholars, such as Feng, note, “applying the Marxist interpretation of the relationship between the individual and society”[20]), as both men and women must band together through their shared desire to improve their social environment.

[21] Indeed, she posits that, her ideas, if spoken by "a leader before a big audience," would "evoke satisfaction," therefore demonstrating the notion of the double standard between men and women that is discussed throughout her essay.

[21] Thoughts on March 8 garnered a lot of criticism, especially from the CCP, primarily spurred by Ding Ling's separation of “woman” as a separate, oppressed entity as well as “her self-image as a representative of women fighting against any oppressive force.”[20][22] The CCP aimed to combine the liberation of women with that of the Chinese people as a whole in the face of the Japanese and Nationalist armies.

[23] He Long offered a scathing critique of her writing, accusing her of “maligning the party.”[23] However, Mao Zedong described Thoughts on March 8 as containing some “constructive recommendations”[23] from comrade Ding Ling (differentiating her from Wang Shiwei, who he deemed a “Trotskyite”).