Chinese average dating age

This ideology formed a culture of marriage that strove for the “Chinese family idea, which was to have many generations under one roof".

Laws such as the one-child policy have influenced the family structures and fertility patterns of married couples as well.

The system of patrilineal succession and ancestral worship left no place for daughters within their natal family trees.

Traditionally, brides became a part of their husband’s family and essentially cut ties with their natal families with special emphasis placed on a wife’s ability to produce a male heir.

Although Confucianism is no longer thought of an explicit belief system in China, it has created a lasting legacy of traditional assumptions and ideas about marriage.

Thus, it is still a major barrier to achieving gender equality and women’s sexual autonomy in marriage.