威廉与凯特大婚掀起英国姐弟恋热潮
Age gap: The number of women five years older than their husbands has doubled since the early 60s Married women are increasingly likely to be older than their husbands, figures reveal. They show 26 per cent of brides have a younger groom, compared with 15 per cent in 1963. The Trend is seen in the 29-year-old Duchess of Cambridge, who is five months older than her new husband, Prince William, 28. There has also been an increase in the number of married ‘cougars’ – women with significantly younger ‘toy-boys’.
在威廉与凯特的轰轰烈烈的皇室婚礼结束的日子里，我们看到威廉已经重返单位（英国皇家空军）返工工作，而妻子凯特也身穿平民衣服下超市立志做一个合格的家庭主妇，似乎每个人都该干嘛干嘛去了，然而，虽然婚礼的喧嚣貌似平息，但是表面上“各归其职”的两人所带来的“婚礼效应”还远远尚未结束。除了凯特身穿的服装、婚礼所擦的香水给时尚圈带来的新鲜空气以外，威廉和凯特还改变了人们对男女结婚年龄的传统看法。都说男的应该比女生大个两三岁，这样的婚姻才是稳固的，而28岁的威廉和29岁凯特的结合让民众对“女大三，抱金砖”的传统看法又赋予新的意义。据统计，从1960年以来，在婚姻中，女方年龄比男方年龄大5岁的趋势呈现疯狂的增长态势，而比威廉大一岁的凯特的婚姻也成为了女性比男性大1岁的最好例子。
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Figures from the Office for National Statistics show the number of women who are five years older than their husbands has doubled from 1 per cent in 1963 to 2 per cent in 2003. ‘Age has become less of a defining factor in social identity and therefore larger age gaps may be more acceptable to the partners themselves and to society,’ said ONS researcher Professor Ruth Hancock.
据悉，根据国家统计局办公室的调查显示，女性比男性大5岁的例子从1963年的1%开始，截至到2003年，已经增长到了2%。国家统计办公室的教授Ruth Hancock这样说道：“年龄在婚姻中所占的‘决定性因素’越来越低，依照传统的观点，夫妻双方的年龄差距越大，社会对此的接受力越宽容。”The figures show 9 per cent of marriages are now between couples of the same age. In the 1960s, men were typically two years older than the women they married. Anastasia de Waal, of the think-tank Civitas, said that in the past, ‘for many women, marriage was their identity – you were a wife – but now it’s much more about partnership’. Trend: Married women older than their husbands will be similar to Kate Middleton, who is five months older than Prince William She said: ‘Deciding on future spouses seems to be more about companionship developing into romance. ‘We should move away from thinking of marriage as a career move in itself.
据悉，如今有9%的婚姻中，夫妻双方的年龄是相同的。而在50年前，普遍丈夫都比妻子要大个2岁。专家说：“婚姻对于以前的女人来说，是一个社会地位的象征。结了婚的女人就会想自己的社会位置就是一个妻子，做好妻子就可以。而随着女性地位的提高，如今的女性更觉得自己的婚姻与老公之间的关系是平等的，是搭档关系。”换句话来说，婚姻好比是做生意，以前的女人把自己当作是老板（老公）的助手，小跟班；而如今的女人把自己视为生意上的伙伴了。
