Be nice to your wife
日本女性地位提高
More recently, Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has made women entering -- and remaining in -- the workforce a pillar of his economic policy. "Abenomics is womeneconmics," he declared at the World Assembly for Women in Tokyo last August.
最近,日本首相安倍晋三已经把女性进入——并且持续留在——劳动力队伍中作为自己经济政策的一个支柱.去年8月他在东京的世界妇女会议上宣称："安倍经济学就是妇女经济学."
In 2014, 64% of women aged 15 to 64 in Japan were working, compared to 46% in 1969. "More Japanese women are now at work and therefore receiving pensions," says Ishii-Kuntz. "The wife knows she can make her own living."
2014年,日本年龄在15岁至64岁的女性中,有64%的人是职业女性,而这一比例在1969年时为46%.石井真子说："现在有更多的日本妇女进入了职�.虼私嵊型诵萁�.妻子们知道她们可以自食其力."
To Ito, this is important. "I don't know if we can really call it sotsukon if the wife's lifestyle is being paid for by the husband," he says. "Wives need to be financially independent to truly graduate from marriage."
对伊藤来说,这一点十分重要.他说："如果妻子的生活方式是由丈夫出钱维持的话,我不知道那是否真的可以称之为'卒婚'.做妻子的需要在财务上独立,才能名副其实地从婚姻中毕业".
Individualization of the family
家庭成员日趋独立
The Japanese family as a whole is changing, says Ishii-Kuntz.
石井真子说,作为一个整体,日本家庭正在发生变化.
"Family members have become more individualized. Each family member is allowed to seek whatever he or she wants, rather than spending all their lives taking care of family members," she says.
她说："家庭成员变得个性化.每一个家庭成员都可以寻求他或她想要的东西,而不是把一辈子都用于照顾家人."
Multiple generations of adults living in one household is becoming increasingly rare in Japan, she adds. Furthermore, it is not unusual for husband and wife to sleep in separate beds in the same room.
她补充说,几代同堂的家庭在日本正在变得日益罕见.此外,夫妻在同一个房间里分床而睡的情况也并不少见.
Perhaps sotsukon is the ultimate climax of that individualization.
也许"卒婚"是这种个性化的终极表现.
Graduating from the traditional strictures of marriage, however, does not have to translate into an end of intimacy or loss of love.
不过,从婚姻的传统束缚中"毕业",未必需要解释为亲密关系的终结或爱情的消失.
Nishi smiles: "After having lived apart, I cherish him more. If I marry again, I want to marry him."
大西百合子微笑着说："在分开居住后,我更加珍惜他了.如果我再结一次婚,我希望还能嫁给他."
（来源：CNN & 参考消息）
