Usually, after the marriage registration and the wedding ceremony, both men and women begin to live together. According to the agreement of both parties, men and women can go to their own homes to establish small families; Or one party can go to the other party's family and become a family member. That is, the woman can go to the man's house, and the man can also go to the woman's house to settle down.
Under the old Chinese marriage system, men usually married women, and women went to men's homes. Although men also went to women's homes, they were often discriminated against. They called men to women's homes as superfluous, and men were looked down upon by the society. When they came to the door, they often set up a note of "incompetent young men, willing to become superfluous, changing their names, and obeying everything". On the tombstone after death, there were often words such as "Zhao Benwang" and "Li Benyang", My surname is my wife's. In New China, men and women are equal. Men should not be discriminated against when they come to women's homes. Old customs should be changed. Therefore, the Marriage Law stipulates: "After the registration of marriage, according to the agreement of both men and women, the woman can become a member of the man's family, and the man can also become a member of the woman's family." This provision reflects the principle of equality between men and women, is a reform of the old marriage customs, and its legislative spirit is to promote the marriage of men to women. The provisions of this article are very beneficial to the elimination of feudal ideas and customs and the promotion of family planning.
This provision basically maintains the provisions of the Marriage Law. The amendment is that, according to the deliberation opinions of some members of the Standing Committee, the word "ye" in the "a man can also become a member of a woman's family" stipulated in the Marriage Law is deleted, which further reflects the principle of equality between men and women in marriage and family.
