有些人認為“剩女”是需要認真對待的社會力量,而另一些人則主張這個詞應被視為褒義詞，意思是“成功女性”。據2010年的中國婚姻調查 (Chinese National Marriage Survey)報道，90%的男人認為女人應該在27歲之前結婚。在中國，大部分“剩女”都是受過良好教育的中產階級。跟以前幾代人相比，如今的女性更加自由，更能夠獨立生活。
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“Leftover women”is a term that refers to women who remain unmarried in their late twenties and beyond.Some people regard leftover women as a social force to be reckoned with”,while others have argued that the term should be taken as a positive term to mean“successful women”.In a 2010 Chinese National Marriage Survey,it was reported that 9 out of 10 men believe that women should be married before they are 27 years old.In China leftover women are mostly well-educated middle class.Women today are more free and able to live independently in comparison to previous generations.
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“Leftover women”is a term that refers to women who remain unmarried in their late twenties and beyond.Some people regard leftover women as a social force to be reckoned with”,while others have argued that the term should be taken as a positive term to mean“successful women”.In a 2010 Chinese National Marriage Survey,it was reported that 9 out of 10 men believe that women should be married before they are 27 years old.In China leftover women are mostly well-educated middle class.Women today are more free and able to live independently in comparison to previous generations.