The document summarizes the Golden Orchid Society, a secret society formed by women in ancient China to escape oppressive patriarchal norms. The society allowed women to avoid arranged marriages, live independently, and form romantic and sexual relationships with other women. Members took vows to never marry men and would commit suicide otherwise. Over time, same-sex relationships and marriages between women in the society became more accepted and similar to traditional heterosexual marriages. However, the Golden Orchid Society no longer exists today.