Application for Job or Marriage?

A notice posted by a senior university student who applied to be a housewife has drawn a lot of attention in Jinan, east China's Shandong Province, according to local newspaper Jinan Times.

The notice put up by the girl on a bulletin board of a local community match-making agency listed the requirements of the girl that demand her future better half enjoy a local residential status, his own business and an age restriction of no older than 40 years.

According to the girl, she would rather go ahead to find a good husband instead since it's difficult to find a good job at the moment.

The case is not rare among female college graduates amid the global financial crisis.

According to the match-maker's registry list, almost 30 percent of its clients are college girls. They usually seek men with high salaries and extend the age gap up to 20 years.

Often the girls easily find partners as they are young and have a high education status, said the manager of the agency.

Similarly, matchmaking websites are also often haunted by female university students. Girls take up 70 percent of the population on the homepage of a matchmaking website set up for university students.

This phenomenon has sparked heated debates. Supporters say the girls shouldn't be criticized given the mounting pressure on job-seekers. Moreover, it's very common to be a full-time housewife in some developed countries.

However, those who oppose such a behavior insist a happy life can only be obtained through one's own efforts. Applying for marriages instead of jobs is too utilitarian.

There are also some people who think that the choices of these college girls are their own businesses, and that others have no right to pass judgment.

However, Wang Jing, a psychologist said that to get married right after graduation may help these girls escape from job-seeking pressure but cannot assure them long term happiness as they don't have enough social experience and mature opinions for love and marriage. Wang suggested parents and universities give advices to such students who hunt for husbands.

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