婚后夺权？——农村青年女性的性别实践历程与权力重建

Seized Power after Marriage?——the Gender Practice and Power Reconstruction of Rural Young Women

近年,随着老年群体权威的丧失和经济能力的减弱,关于农村青年女性婚后夺取家庭内部权力的探讨成为热议话题。无论是社会大众还是专家、学者都关注到这样一个现象,即在农村家庭中,年轻的儿媳取代老人当家做主。对于这一现象的探讨,研究者主要集中在妇女夺权造成家庭养老功能的弱化这一影响上,缺失了对农村青年女性这一主体的视角,当把研究视角集中在农村青年妇女身上时,对于夺权的探讨离不开性别的视角:农村的青年女性婚前因性别而遭受到父母的不公平对待,婚后归属感的丧失等都驱使着她们迫切地营造核心家庭的幸福。而且,尽管农村青年女性在婚后权力增加,但是仍然无法挑战传统家庭制度的父居和父系。从这个角度来说,女性并没有从“弱势的从属地位”提升到“强势的主导地位”,只是提升到了“强势的从属地位”。

In recent years,with the loss of authority of the elderly group and the weakening of economic capacity,the discussion of rural young women seizing power within the family after marriage has become a hot topic.Both the general public and scholars have paid attention to the phenomenon that young daughters-in-law take the place of the elderly in rural families.When studying this phenomenon from the perspective of rural young women,the discussion of power grabbing cannot be separated from the perspective of gender:young rural women suffer unfair treatment from their parents due to their gender before marriage,and the loss of the sense of belonging after marriage all drive young women to build the happiness of nuclear family urgently.Moreover,despite the increasing power of rural young women after marriage,they are still unable to challenge the traditional family system of fatherhood and patriarchy.From this point of view,women have not risen from a‘weak subordinate position’to a‘strong dominant position’.