Modern people put many ethical words on marriage and family, as if it is absurd for a person not to get married, in fact, marriage and reproduction are just phenomena that all living things have.
In the primitive society of human beings, there was no such thing as marriage, and like animals, men and women were together out of primitive desires and natural reproductive instincts.
Later, in order to adapt to survival, clans and families appeared, however, at that time, there was still no marriage, and the social model was matrilineal, because women had the natural advantage of having children, and all the children became a small group around their own blood related elder - the mother - the family.
Due to the extremely low productivity at that time, in order to survive, women picked wild fruits and vegetables in the wild, while men took on the task of hunting. At this time, the physical strength of men is not reflected in the survival value, but often the women's picking and obtaining food is more stable - the earth's ecology and natural production at that time are extremely rich.
Male hunting activities were not only unstable, but also often life-threatening, so there was no institution of marriage at that time.
Why?Women are responsible for procreation, women naturally know that the child they give birth to is their own, there is no question of "whether this child is mine", women do not need marriage - or do not need a man to be a permanent husband, she only needs the child she gives birth to has her blood, and the male becomes the selected genetic object - just like the male courtship in the animal kingdom, such as the male peacock opening the screen in front of the female peacock, The male deer compares the beauty and size of the antlers with each other, and has to fight to prove the strength and weakness, and the victorious one has a chance to win the favor of the female.
You know, reproduction is the deep-rooted instinct of living beings, marriage is not.
If I have to say, at that time it was a marriage system, and the man went to the woman's house to spend the night, but he was not a regular member of the woman's family.
As humans multiplied and numbered, wars between clans were inevitable, and human society gradually entered the age of agriculture. Whether it is war or farming, the physical superiority of men has begun to appear, and men have begun to control the power of human society.
And so the institution of marriage appeared. As mentioned earlier, reproduction is the instinct of living beings, and men themselves are not responsible for procreation, so how can I ensure that this child is mine?Establish a system that stipulates that this woman is mine and this child is mine.
Put the shackles of chastity on women, because in case women are unchaste, men are in danger of raising other people's children, so they must be strictly guarded, and unchaste women must be immersed in pig cages, burned to death, and stoned to death, so that women are afraid and dare not take a step beyond the thunder pool.
There are also all kinds of moral norms, such as the Three Obedience and Four Virtues, the "Female Commandments" and the "Women's Rules", which put shackles on women's thoughts and behaviors, and the only meaning of women is to serve men - not only to give birth to sons for men, but also to serve their in-laws and take care of housework for men;and give birth to more sons for male concubines;Be humble, be submissive, and be obedient.
Depriving women of the right to gain a foothold in society and making them dependent on men.
How can there be any beautiful love, even the fairies in the sky have to be tried to take away their clothes and have to marry the cowherd.
So in another 50 years, how do you think the institution of marriage will evolve?
For a long time, women began to become financially independent, but the mind was not emancipated so quickly.
After all, the fixed thinking of society is not so easy to change. Just 20 years ago, divorce was still a matter of attention, if a woman was divorced, she would suffer from a lot of strange eyes and pressure, and even many parents would rather their daughters struggle in marriage than support their daughters to divorce.
And the most recent data is: in 2022, 683 marriage registrations will be handled in accordance with the law throughout the year50,000 pairs, 287 divorce procedures in accordance with the law90,000 couples, and the proportion of divorce to marriage is as high as 42%!
Within 50 years, the basic dissolution of the marriage system may only be an inevitable result.
One is that the stronger the economic ability of women, the less likely they are to be men. If at the beginning of the industrial age, men's physical superiority still gave them more economic advantages than women, then in the Internet era, this gap has become smaller and smaller, and even almost disappeared - such as the emerging industries in the past two years - live broadcasting, self-a**, obviously more female employees.
The second is that the concept is also more broken, marriage is not necessary, you can not get married, you can get married or divorced, you have financial ability, you can have children if you are single.
Third, everyone pays attention to their own personality and is too lazy to accommodate others and wronged themselves. I'm already tired from work, and I have to think about the emotional feelings of another person when I go homeExempt.
Fourth, modern society provides many conveniences in life, and there is no longer a need for men and women to live together. There are takeaways for meals, heavy things are also delivered to the door, and changing a light bulb to repair an electrical appliance can call the property ......What should I do if I get sick when I am old?Rest assured, home robots will definitely be popularized by then.
Maybe a few decades later, there will be a return to the marriage system, which is actually to fall in love and give birth without marriage, so as not to have all kinds of legal cumbersomeness, whose surname the child has, or who to live with if they break up, the two parties negotiate with themselves. In this case, the male male competition will be fierce.
Of course, traditional marriage will not die out completely, if you are lucky, you really meet the chosen person for a lifetime, or you still want a traditional marriage in your heart, such people will definitely have.
Even, maybe one day in the future, the country will set up a huge gene bank, regardless of whether men and women want to have children, they will go to the gene bank to match, conceive children in artificial wombs, and then take them home to inherit the bloodline.
There is no need to worry about blood confusion, under the big data technology, it can be completely avoided.
In short, there is more freedom of choice, and if the country wants to increase the fertility rate, it must also be more open in the marriage and love system.
If one day, medical means can use artificial uterus to conceive children, and women can completely get rid of the pain of pregnancy and childbirth, I think that is the final liberation of women.