女性的社会地位--一些重要的人口统计数据

Social Statusof Women: Some Vital Statistics on Population

基于英国有关婚姻家庭生活与女性生命周期的关键性人口数据,全面分析了19世纪末期到20世纪中叶英国妇女社会地位变迁过程中的若干重大历史发展规律。研究发现:一方面,英国的家庭规模急剧缩小,结婚率显著上升,死亡率大幅度下降,男女预期寿命延长;另一方面,妇女越来越多地从事有薪工作,其生育子女的角色淡化,生育周期缩短,已婚女性家庭与就业两种角色逐渐形成,妇女社会地位不断提高。这些变化在英国政治、经济和文化等层面都产生了深远影响。

Based on the comprehensive analysis of the key population statistics on the marriage and family life and British women＇s life cycle between late 1900s and the middle of 2000s, Titmuss discovered that, British society had witnessed a profound revolution of its marriage and family life： smaller family size, higher marriage rates, markedly dropped mortality rates and longer life expectation. Titmuss believed that these changes were closely tied to the revolutions of women＇s social status. During that period, British women comparatively took childbearing and childrearing as a less significant task of their lives. Instead, a paid job had been draggi of motherhood. As a result, ＂women＇s two roles＂ became a burgeoning phenomenon, rights as a citizen and a member of higher social class. ng women out of the long cycle which brought them increasing