A picture of a newlywed. Some 31 percent think that marriage is no longer relevant, while 71 percent say that couples marry too quickly without thinking about the move carefully enough, according to a poll released Tuesday. "This shift in attitude may be a testament to the fact that women feel liberated enough, sexually and socially, to not have to walk down the aisle, or it could be that today's cynical attitude to almost everything has minimized marriage to an outdated, over-romanticised practice," said psychologist Dr Linda Papadopoulos, commenting on the poll. Most recent official statistics show that the number of marriages annually in England and Wales fell from 351,973 in 1981 to 270,700 in 2004. They add that 54 percent of men and 50 percent of women are married, while 10 percent of men and nine percent of women live together. The poll also explores women's attitudes to work -- 70 percent of women feel pressure to earn as much money as men, while one in 10 said they would be unlikely to quit their jobs to look after children, even if they did not need the money. It also revealed that older women were less inclined to think that marriage should mean one partner for life than younger ones. "Older women are, in fact, more cynical when it comes to their views on marriage," Papadopoulos said. Related stories: 拉斯維加斯取消深夜結(jié)婚 “結(jié)婚”妙語(yǔ) 點(diǎn)擊進(jìn)入往期回顧 (Agencies)

英國(guó)本周二公布的一項(xiàng)民意調(diào)查顯示，約31％的人認(rèn)為婚姻已沒(méi)什么必要，71％的人認(rèn)為很多人在沒(méi)有考慮清楚的情況下就草草結(jié)了婚。 心理學(xué)家琳達(dá)·帕帕多普洛斯博士對(duì)這項(xiàng)調(diào)查的結(jié)果進(jìn)行了分析，她說(shuō)：“對(duì)于婚姻態(tài)度的改變可能是因?yàn)榕栽谛院蜕鐣?huì)地位方面已獲得徹底解放，因此她們覺(jué)得結(jié)婚已沒(méi)什么必要；也可能是由于如今的人們無(wú)論對(duì)什么都抱著一種‘憤世嫉俗’的態(tài)度，因此結(jié)婚被‘貶’為一種過(guò)時(shí)、過(guò)于浪漫化的做法。” 最新官方數(shù)據(jù)顯示，英格蘭和威爾士一年內(nèi)的結(jié)婚數(shù)從1981年的351973例下降到了2004年的270700例。 此外，54％男性和50％女性已婚，另有10％的男性和9％的女性在同居。 此項(xiàng)調(diào)查的內(nèi)容還包括女性對(duì)于工作的態(tài)度，調(diào)查發(fā)現(xiàn)，70％的女性覺(jué)得要和男人掙錢一樣多很有壓力，十分之一的女性說(shuō)，就算家里不缺錢，她們也不大可能辭職在家照顧孩子。 另外，與年輕女性相比，年齡較大的女性對(duì)“從一而終”看得較淡。 帕帕多普洛斯說(shuō)：“事實(shí)上，年齡較大的女性對(duì)于婚姻的態(tài)度更加玩世不恭。” （英語(yǔ)點(diǎn)津姍姍編輯）