Today’s women are, for the most part, not abstaining from or delaying marriage to prove a point about feminism and equality.

They are doing it because they are able to live full professional, economic, social, sexual, and parental lives on their own if they don’t happen to meet a person to whom they want to legally bind themselves.

They are increasingly reluctant to settle because of external pressure and expectations.

But of course, not all women feel liberated and many, particularly those in rural areas, still conform to the traditional ways of thinking.

Yet, the rising power of the single woman represents a significant power shift in gender relations.

It will also have a lasting impact on our social and economic lives for generations to come.

今天的大部分女性，並不是要以不婚或者晚婚來表明女權主義、男女平等。

她們的這種選擇更多是出於她們發現自己一個人也可以擁有豐富的職業生活、經濟生活、社交生活、兩性生活甚至生兒育女，即使遇不到一個讓她們想結婚的對象。

她們愈發抗拒因為外部壓力或者社會期待將就自己的生活。

但當然，不是所有女性都能享受這種自由。很多女性尤其是農村女性，還是要服從傳統觀念。

但是，單身女性的崛起代表著性別關係的巨大轉變。

這也會對未來的社會、經濟生活產生持續的影響。