With more premarital and extramarital sex, more economic independence, more divo rce and more serial marriage, the future of marriage is uncertain.

• 婚前和婚外的性关系愈来愈多，妇女经济上独立、离婚和多次结婚的现象也愈来愈多，婚姻缺席确实也处于风雨飘摇之中。