The New Chinese Marriage Law

There is a current event talks about that the new Chinese Marriage law protects men’s assets, angers women. Marriage has been noble through thousands of years, but in the new society the divorce rate has raised a lot. In the new law, who pays the cost for the house has the proprietary rights. And the house bought after marriage for parents, the other spouse doesn’t have the right to divide it. Many people believe the new Marriage law is “good news” for men, protecting their advantageous position in a marriage, and damaging the interests of woman.
The balance has been upset. For thousands of years, the men contribute more financially while the women give birth to children who take the father’s surname. In the new law, man have more rights to own their money, but the woman still have to devote themselves in to the relationship and educating their child. Although man can usually make most of the money at home, without the help of woman, a family couldn’t form. Women are doing the work which can’t be measured by money. The new law clarifies the equality of economy in a family.
Equal seems good to everyone, but actually this increased the rate of divorce. Men have fewer boundaries to divorce with woman, which they don’t have to be afraid that their money would be divided to women unequally. So I think the law still need to be modified, women should get more rights. And the law should be a tool to protect the marriage not a weapon to tear it up.