Do you have marriage anxiety? Are you satisfied with your current emotional state? What factors affect your fertility intentions? On January 16, the well-known domestic marriage and dating website Jiayuan officially released the "2022-2023 Chinese Men and Women Marriage and Love View Report - Post-70s-Post-00s "Three Views" Insights" (hereinafter referred to as the "Report"), which combines the emotional life status of the post-70s to post-00s, compares the three dimensions of marriage and love, fertility and sexuality, and shows the changes in people's cognition of the "three views" of different generations.
The post-90s generation is the most anxious group for marriage and love, and 40% of female respondents have had childbearing age anxiety
The "Report" shows that 51% of respondents are satisfied with their current emotional life/state, and women's overall satisfaction is slightly higher than that of men. Post-00s have the highest satisfaction, while post-80s have the lowest satisfaction. In terms of the state of divided marriage, the satisfaction of people in love was the highest, and the satisfaction of married people after 70-90 increased significantly; Since it has not yet entered the marriage market as a whole, 40% of post-00s in the single population said they were satisfied with their single status.
More than 40% of respondents have had age anxiety about marriage, with men having slightly higher age anxiety than women. The "Report" shows that as a generation that inherits from the top and bottom of the marriage market, the post-90s generation has the most serious marriage anxiety, with 51% of men feeling anxious and 49% of women.
With the improvement of women's education level and self-economic strength, the sense of autonomy is getting stronger and stronger, and the dependence on men and marriage is getting lower and lower. With the increase of educational qualifications, women's recognition of "marriage is a necessary option in life" has decreased significantly.
Affected by physiological reasons such as "optimal childbearing age", nearly 40% of female respondents reported having had childbearing age anxiety. From the post-70s to the post-90s, the overall trend of childbearing age anxiety is obvious, and 39% of post-90s women say that they have had childbearing age anxiety. Women pay more attention to the factors of work of both parties, economic factors, and their own health factors caused by childbirth. Men are more likely to value their children's education, social/family and other factors.
The average age of first sexual intercourse has gradually decreased, and the awareness of sex education in society as a whole has increased
The "Report" shows that the average age of first sexual intercourse after 70-00 is 22.4 years old; the age of first sexual intercourse for women is slightly higher than that of men. The average age of first sexual activity is gradually declining, and the post-00s are more open to the concept of marriage, they believe that love and marriage are two independent things, and are more willing to try new ways of love, and the average age of first sex drops to 18.9 years for men and 18.7 years for women.
While the average age at first sexual intercourse is declining, overall awareness of sexual safety is increasing. The "Report" shows that only 59% of post-70s men said that they would take "active safety measures during their first sexual intercourse", but among post-00s men, 78% expressed support. With the popularization of women's education level, women's awareness of self-protection has increased significantly, and the support rate of "taking safety measures during the first sexual intercourse" among women has increased from 53% in the 70s to 80% in the 00s.
The improvement of sexual safety awareness is mainly due to the enhancement of the overall awareness of sex education in society, and school hygiene and physiology courses have become one of the main ways to obtain initial sexual knowledge. As the concept is more open, the scientific understanding of sex is more acceptable, and from the post-70s to the post-00s, the proportion of sexual knowledge initially acquired through school hygiene/physiology courses is also increasing.
Blind dates are becoming more and more "anxious", and blind dates begin as early as 20 years old after 00
With the development of the Internet and the changes in marriageable people, old classmates/friends are gradually replacing parents/relatives and friends, and online channels are becoming more and more accepted and recognized. The "Report" shows that the post-70s and post-80s generation mainly get to know their other half through the introduction of parents/relatives and friends. The proportion of post-90s and post-00s who find their other half through old classmates/old friends and other online channels (including games, Weibo, Douban, WeChat groups, QQ groups, etc.) is higher.
Respondents of all ages agreed that "blind dates are conducted for the purpose of marriage", and the post-70s generation believes that blind dates should be married as soon as possible, and successful blind dates should be married as soon as possible; The post-80s generation is not averse to the purpose of blind dates and agrees with their high efficiency. 84% of the post-80s generation have had blind date experiences, which is significantly higher than other generations. The post-90s generation is relatively resistant to blind dates, but at the same time, they are also more cognizant of the social role and purpose of blind dates. Although the post-00s generally believe that the form of blind date is too stiff and more resistant, under the influence of the parents of the post-70s and post-80s, the post-00s who are most resistant to blind dates are the first generation to start blind dates.
The "Report" pointed out that the average age of blind dates is gradually decreasing, from 26.4 years old for men and 25.4 years old for women after 70 to 20.6 years old for men and 20.2 years old for women after 00.
Xiaoxiang Morning News reporter Li Shu