It's eye-opening and jaw-dropping to read this book by Chinese sociologist Fei Xiaotong, especially as a parent.
Main points: 1. Marriage is invented by humans to ensure the reproduction, not for legitimizing sex. 2. Reproduction (raising kids) is a truly altruistic cause at the expense of oneself. 3. The family is dual-line which includes both sides of the parents, while the clan is mainly single-line. It's not a cheerful relationship that he depicted between the married couple, but it's also very interesting and inspiring to read about his observations of the differences between the past and the current (which was about half a century ago), as well as between the west and the east. I didn't see the English translation of the book, but the original Chinese version is available at Amazon or Kindle.
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