The couples who had arranged marriages continued to decrease as more couples fell in love and chose their spouses increased. The 1970s were the turning point. Arranged marriages continue to decrease as men and women will have more opportunities to meet freely and fall in love. The new division of labor by gender became more widely accepted for the emerging urban middle-class couples. The relationships among the family members became increasingly more democratic.
Women are eager to establish their own identities, economically and psychologically.
And many are successful Today more wives can relate to their husbands as equal partners. A survey conducted by a private research group observed that the higher the income the wife earns, the higher the status she has in the family. Even if the wife does not work and earn an income, she feels free to express herself as an equal partner to her husband. The patriarchal principle is respected. But in reality more and more young couples are choosing to live with the parents of the wife, especially when the parents offer their houses and lots to accommodate the younger generation.