"The rate of marriage in Taiwan has been declining for the last ten years," says Yang Ching-li, a professor with the Institute of Sociology at Nanhua University. "In contrast, pre-marital sex is becoming more common and attitudes towards it more liberal. Surely not all of those unmarried people are lonely old maids?
「近 10 年來，台灣結婚率一直下降，相對的，婚前性行為卻愈顯普遍、態度開放，」南華大學應用社會學系教授楊靜利觀察，「不結婚的難道都是孤家寡人？