What is "naked marriage"? It means not buying a house, not buying a car, not holding a wedding ceremony, and not buying wedding rings. Apart from spending nine yuan to register at the registration office for a red marriage certificate, everything else can be skipped. The term "naked marriage" was born under the global financial crisis in 2008, and the constantly rising housing prices in 2009 accelerated its popularity. Some netizens said: "Naked marriage" is the new fashion given to white-collar workers by high housing prices.
A photo from the drama "The Era of Naked Marriage". Seven out of ten women think "naked marriage" is unreliable. How many people would accept a marriage without a house or a car? This year on New Year's Day, 800 couples in Guangzhou got their marriage certificates. In the Yuexiu District Civil Affairs Bureau, Miss Wu from Guangzhou, who got her certificate on New Year's Day, was full of joy but also had practical helplessness: a 20-yuan photo, a 9-yuan certificate, the legal cost of getting married isn't high. But reality? Guangzhou's housing prices have long surpassed ten thousand yuan per square meter. A wedding banquet costs less than several ten thousand yuan, and a diamond ring costs more than ten thousand yuan. Wedding photos are the most budget-friendly, yet they still cost several thousand yuan... Getting married costs hundreds of thousands of yuan, of course, this is just the start-up fund, merely obtaining the qualification to become a "mortgage slave" after marriage.
Miss Wu is lucky; she bought a small second-hand house in Panyu with the help of her parents, and the young couple could afford a decent wedding feast with their savings. In contrast, Miss Zhao, who registered on the same day, had a rather humble marriage: She has been in Guangzhou for more than five years. As a clerk in a company, she eventually chose to marry her university classmate, another hardworking person from a rural area in Guangdong. They repainted their rented house, changed the curtains, bought a set of red bedding, and that was it for their wedding.
For Miss Zhao's choice, many friends don't understand, especially female friends, who advised her to find someone with better conditions. Actually, there is a clear divide between men and women regarding "naked marriage". Online surveys show that 80% of men support "naked marriage", while 70% of women think "naked marriage" is unreliable.
There are quite a few netizens who aspire towards "naked marriage". "Naked marriage" has its background. The explanation from the Tianya Community netizen "Dang" is quite convincing: Compared to those who speculate on marriage, we from the post-80s generation have also reached the appropriate age for marriage. As ordinary post-80s individuals without any background or lineage, we faced rising tuition fees when studying, difficulties finding jobs, rising housing prices when buying houses, rising oil prices when buying cars, and being stuck in the stock market when entering it. Reaching the appropriate age for marriage coincides with an economic downturn and company layoffs... At the end of last year, my colleague "Dingyu" got married without buying a house, a car, a diamond ring, or holding a wedding ceremony, "Big names can speculate on marriage, so why can't we go for a naked marriage?"
Not everyone can calmly accept "naked marriage". Netizen "Su Zhe" expressed some doubts: "Perhaps nine yuan can prove love, but who can guarantee that this nine-yuan love is unshakable?" Netizen "Hui Zhong Bao Yue" said: "Naked marriage is good, but the mother-in-law must agree!" Female netizen "Du Yi Wei" stated: "I can accept semi-naked, but perhaps not fully naked. Houses are like our clothes and pants, cars are like shoes, weddings and diamond rings are like hats and scarves. The latter three can be absent, but being practically naked is unacceptable."
There are also quite a few netizens who aspire towards "naked marriage". Male netizen "Zhen Xin Ying Xiong" said: "If a girl doesn't demand a house or a car and is willing to sincerely accompany me, then our financially strained youth might be relatively more comfortable and happy." Netizen "Cheng Yi Mu"'s comment was quite rational: "So-called naked marriage simply means postponing what cannot be done during marriage to after marriage, which is very normal."
Men support "naked marriage" to reduce pressure. "The popularity of the term 'naked marriage' proves from one perspective the inequality in social life for modern men, as men bear too much marital pressure." Deputy researcher Liang Liwen from the Institute of Sociology and Demography of the Guangdong Academy of Social Sciences said in an interview that for a long time, society has been calling for gender equality, but now when women enjoy equal rights with men in employment and promotion, the "inequality" that men endure in terms of marriage costs has been ignored.
Liang Liwen analyzed that "building a nest to attract a phoenix" seems to be a natural responsibility of men, thus more young men choose to support "naked marriage" to alleviate the possible "mortgage slave" pressure they face. For women, however, the feeling of marriage costs is not deep. Because in traditional concepts, buying a house for marriage is the man's responsibility, and they do not have to bear too much pressure, thus tending to support "marriage with a house".
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