This thesis focuses on Dang-Wai magazines (1975-1986) and discusses representations women as metaphors of democracy in Dang-Wai political discourses. The representation of Dang-Wai women can be classified into two categories: one is masculine “women-warrior”, and the other is feminine “female-victim”. The “women-warrior” category is a metaphor for resistance against the KMT, while the “female-victim” is metaphor for the trauma of democracy. When a “female-victim” became powerful against the KMT, they would be represented as more masculine. The masculine and feminine have a hierarchal relationship, and signify different meanings of democracy in different positions. In short, this essay analyzes how the women in these magazines served as metaphors for democracy.