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 A bouquet is seen in the snow as a bride poses for a photograph after a group wedding ceremony in Harbin, China, January 6, 2010. |
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Tables have turned in US divorce courts with more women paying their former husbands alimony and child support than ever before, according to US lawyers. As women climb higher up the career ladder and outpace their exes in salary, when love goes wrong and marriages break up they are being compelled to contribute to the livelihood of their former spouses. And some are not happy about it. More than half, 56 percent, of divorce lawyers across the United States have seen an increase in mothers paying child support in the last three years and 47 percent have noted a hike in the number of women paying alimony, according to the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. "It shows that women have really moved up financially and that in many instances they are the major bread winners in a lot of families," said Alton Abramowitz, the president-elect of the academy. "The glass ceiling has been pierced and more and more women have taken over the financial responsibilities and have been saddled with them as well. It is a fact of the way our society has evolved over the last number of years." Although women have made strides professionally, the divorce rate in the United States has remained fairly constant. About half of marriages in the United States end in divorce. The rate has hovered between 46 and 53 percent for decades, he added. Just as many men grumbled about paying alimony to their former wives, women are not pleased with the turnaround. "We see women who are every bit as angry as their male counterparts, maybe more so, when they are confronted with the concept of paying spousal support to a man," said Abramowitz. The gender switch in alimony payments is just one of many changes he has seen during his four decades as a lawyer. "When I started practicing in 1973 there was no equitable distribution of property," he said. The 1,600 members of the Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers handle separations, prenuptial agreements, custody battles, property evaluation and division, the rights of unmarried couples, as well as divorce and child support. (Read by Brian Salter. Brian Salter is a journalist at the China Daily Website.) (Agencies) |
美國律師稱，如今美國的離婚案審判發(fā)生了重大轉(zhuǎn)變，越來越多的女性付贍養(yǎng)費和子女撫養(yǎng)費給前夫，這是前所未有的。 現(xiàn)在女性們在職場上步步高升，薪水逐漸趕超伴侶，當(dāng)她們的愛情出了問題，婚姻破裂，她們只好被迫付生活費給前夫。 但有些女性并不樂意這么做。 據(jù)美國婚姻律師學(xué)會稱，全美超過半數(shù)（56%）的離婚律師發(fā)現(xiàn)，支付子女撫養(yǎng)費的母親在過去三年增多了，47%的人指出支付生活費給前夫的女性人數(shù)也增加了。 該學(xué)會的主席當(dāng)選人埃爾頓?阿布拉莫維茨說：“這表明女性確實在經(jīng)濟(jì)上有所改善，很多情況下她們是家中的主要經(jīng)濟(jì)支柱?！?/p> “玻璃天花板正在被穿透，越來越多的女性負(fù)起了賺錢養(yǎng)家的責(zé)任，接過了經(jīng)濟(jì)重?fù)?dān)。這是過去數(shù)年內(nèi)我們社會發(fā)展方式的真實變化。” 盡管女性在職場上有了很大進(jìn)展，但是美國離婚率依然相當(dāng)穩(wěn)定。美國約半數(shù)的婚姻以離婚告終。他補(bǔ)充說，幾十年來，美國離婚率一直徘徊在46%到53%之間。 許多男性因為要給前妻付贍養(yǎng)費而抱怨，女性也不喜歡這種局面逆轉(zhuǎn)過來。 阿布拉莫維茨說：“我們發(fā)現(xiàn)女性和需要付贍養(yǎng)費的離婚男性一樣惱火，或許當(dāng)她們想到是給一個男人付配偶贍養(yǎng)費的時候，會感到更為惱火?！?/p> 贍養(yǎng)費支付上的性別扭轉(zhuǎn)只是他干律師這一行40年來所見到的許多變化之一。 他說：“當(dāng)我1973年開始做律師時，并不存在公平的財產(chǎn)分配?！?/p> 美國婚姻律師學(xué)會的1600名會員處理離婚、子女撫養(yǎng)、分居、婚前協(xié)議、監(jiān)護(hù)權(quán)爭奪、財產(chǎn)評估和分割、未婚同居夫婦權(quán)利等案件。 相關(guān)閱讀 （中國日報網(wǎng)英語點津 陳丹妮 編輯：Julie） |
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Vocabulary: alimony: 贍養(yǎng)費；生活費；撫養(yǎng)費 president-elect: 已當(dāng)選而尚未就任之總統(tǒng) glass ceiling: 玻璃天花板，女性職位升遷遇到的無形障礙 practice: （醫(yī)生、律師等）開業(yè) |
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