Hardly. Scholars and sociologists say that younger generations are probably delaying marriage, but that doesn't mean we won't eventually tie the knot. "The age of marriage has reached an all-time high," says the Council on Contemporary Families' director of research, Stephanie Coontz—26.5 for brides, 28.7 for grooms. Some people may stay single forever. But Coontz warns that the number won't be as dramatic as we might think. "My guess would be that a slightly lower, but still fairly high amount of people will get married in their lifetimes—say, 84 percent as opposed to 90 percent a few years ago, or the 95 percent abberration in the 1950s."
不尽然。一些学者与社会学家表示,年轻一代很可能在延迟结婚,但并不意味永远不结婚。“平均结婚年龄已经创下空前最高纪录——新娘26.5岁,新郎28.7岁。”当代家庭协会的研究主任斯蒂芬妮·昆兹这样说道。还有一些人可能永远保持单身。但昆兹提醒我们,这个人数不会像我们想象的那么多。“我猜想,虽然结婚人数可能会减少,但依然有相当多的人会在一生中选择结婚——相对于几年前成年人中已婚人数为90%,目前则只有85%,早而在上个世纪50年代,这个比例是95%。”
Indeed, a majority of singles are hoping to walk down an aisle one day—even those in cohabiting couples—regardless of marriage's obsolescence. Therein lies the paradox: Why do we want to join an institution that, according to us, is passing its expiration date? Privately, we're choosing to live in sin or by our lonesomes. But publicly, we profess our interest in joining the oldest of romantic institutions. Or is it the other way around?
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