Changes in conjugal life in Canada: Is cohabitation progressively replacing marriage?

This article aims first to contrast the trends of marriage and cohabitation across different regions in Canada, and second, to assess whether cohabitation constitutes a new stage in the progression to marriage, or an alternative to marriage altogether. Based on various empirical demographic indicators, the analysis shows profound differences across the country. In Quebec, cohabiting unions are now widely accepted as forming the basis for family life, whereas they still largely constitute a childless prelude to marriage elsewhere in Canada. The authors discuss the role of different religious and cultural backgrounds, and of recent changes in the relationships between men and women, in accounting for the divergent evolution observed.     

伏羲文化内涵一说

伏羲文化的主要内涵是发明网罟、始制婚姻、始画八卦。发明网罟用于捕鱼打猎,带来生产力的大飞跃,关乎人的生存。始制婚姻用于规范两性关系,使两性关系脱离了动物界,关乎人类延续后代。始画八卦用于认识万事万物,使人类社会逐渐走出蒙昧时代,开启了通向文明时代的道路。伏羲文化主要内涵的价值具有根本性、普遍性和永恒性,伏羲是首位中华人文始祖。顾颉刚先生认为,伏羲是文明社会中的人们回溯古代社会,因而从理性上推演出来的一个古代社会的渔猎阶段。冯友兰先生认为,文化是一种有选择的积累。本文讨论伏羲文化的内涵,是以顾、冯两位先生的上述见解为前提的。     

Explanations of How Love Crosses Class Lines: Cultural Complements and the Case of Cross‐Class Marriages

Sociologists know little about how actors explain their attraction to a partner who grew up in a different social class or why their accounts are likely. This is problematic as one form of social class heterophily is relatively common—heterophily by class origin. Drawing upon data from interviews with college‐educated respondents in heterophilous marriages by class origin (n = 60) as well as interviews with college‐educated respondents in homophilous marriages by class origin (n = 20), this article shows that respondents in heterophilous and homophilous marriages say that they appreciate their spouse for different reasons. Whereas actors in homophilous relationships by class origin explain their appreciation for their spouse in terms of cultural similarities, respondents in heterophilous marriages by class origin explain their appreciation of their spouse in terms of “cultural complements”—the obverse of the dispositions they dislike in themselves and attribute to their own upbringing. The article theorizes that accounts of cultural complements are enabled by the social organization of culture by class.     

新青年遭遇“旧”婚约——以1919年底《学灯》讨论为例

清末民初,受欧美文明观、自由观的影响,"父母之命"的择偶模式成为中国婚姻的简单形象,而爱情作为结婚的要素与婚姻挂钩,知识青年对婚恋自由的追求渐成风尚。本文以1919年底上海《时事新报》副刊《学灯》关于"男子可否承认父母代定的未婚妻"的讨论为例,反思近代中国婚姻家庭史研究方法。试图把婚姻观的变化放在历史的脉络中考察,强调人事环境的复杂性和联系性。     

婚姻挤压对中国农村不同群体安全感的影响——基于全国百村调查数据的分析

中国的男性婚姻挤压问题,已成为目前社会转型期的“社会风险”之一,给包括不同婚姻状态下男女两性在内的社会各群体的安全感均带来不利影响,成为影响人口社会可持续发展的隐患。从个人微观层次分析婚姻挤压下农村各群体的安全感现状及婚姻挤压对不同年龄和地区的农村男性安全感的影响发现:农村大龄未婚男性群体的安全感最低,婚姻状况对个人的安全感具有显著影响,婚姻挤压对男性安全感的影响存在显著的时代差异以及地区差异。提高中国农村各群体的安全感需从根本上改善农村各群体的生存状况,统筹解决性别失衡引起的婚姻挤压问题,从国家政策与制度创新的层面关注婚姻挤压及农村各群体的安全感问题。     

The LGBQ Social Climate Matters: Policies,Protests, and Placards and Psychological Well-Being Among LGBQ Emerging Adults

Sexual minority youth, including emerging adults, are at risk for negative health outcomes. Minority stress theory posits that heterosexism can contribute to these outcomes among sexual minorities. Researchers have tested this theory with respect to interpersonal heterosexism; however, little attention has been given to macro-level and environmental forms of heterosexism, especially among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer (LGBQ) youth. In this study, we examine the role of objective social climate (LGB state-level policies) and experiential distal and proximal environmental microaggressions on the psychological well-being of LGBQ emerging adults. Furthermore, we examine the role of LGBQ identity salience as a moderating factor on the macro/environmental-heterosexism and well-being relationship. Multivariable linear regression results suggest that living in a state without same-sex marriage laws is associated with greater self-esteem, whereas both distal and proximal environmental microaggressions are risk factors for anxiety and perceived stress. Furthermore, identity salience can ameliorate the effects of distal microaggressions and intensify the effects of proximal microaggressions and same-sex marriage legislation. Implications for practice with sexual minority youth are discussed.     

Challenges and Opportunities for Research on Same‐Sex Relationships

Research on same‐sex relationships has informed policy debates and legal decisions that greatly affect American families, yet the data and methods available to scholars studying same‐sex relationships have been limited. In this article the authors review current approaches to studying same‐sex relationships and significant challenges for this research. After exploring how researchers have dealt with these challenges in prior studies, the authors discuss promising strategies and methods to advance future research on same‐sex relationships, with particular attention given to gendered contexts and dyadic research designs, quasi‐experimental designs, and a relationship biography approach. Innovation and advances in the study of same‐sex relationships will further theoretical and empirical knowledge in family studies more broadly and increase understanding of different‐sex as well as same‐sex relationships.     

婚姻立法系统化的审思--兼评《婚姻法》第32条

<婚姻法>修正案虽取得了良好的立法效果,但仍有不足.以逐步完善<婚姻法>第32条的立法设计为契机,进一步思考和实现婚姻立法的系统化,将有助于婚姻制度的完善与科学.为此,我们应从司法解释和完备立法的角度探寻婚姻制度的科学化,以保障婚姻法的有效操作.     

王亥时期商族的婚姻形态

通过对古文献的考察 ,参之以民族学材料 ,可以得知王亥时期商族的婚姻形态处于对偶婚的居妇家制向一夫一妻制———父系外婚制的过渡阶段     

吐鲁番出土《某氏族谱》与高昌王国的家族联姻——以宋氏家族为例

高昌地区出土的《某氏族谱》虽然内容残缺不全,但其中蕴含的信息颇丰。本文主要以宋、张两氏的联姻变化为例,探讨了婚姻对象的选择与家族地位升降的问题,并进而讨论了该谱的出自与存废情况,以及谱牒类型与其功能偏向问题。有关该谱的研究不仅对谱牒学的发展颇有裨益,也为研究当时的社会政治生活以及家族史等提供了一个有益的思路。