What does son-in-law mean?

Son-in-law means that the man gets married in the woman's house and becomes a family member of the woman's house, commonly known as "profiteer".

Adoptive marriage refers to the situation in which a man goes to a woman's house to get married and settle down after a man and a woman get married. This kind of marriage is mostly because the woman has no brothers and sisters, and the son-in-law invites her to come to the door in order to carry on the family line.

When a man goes to a woman's house to get married and settle down, he should take her surname, which is also called "a boy can't change his name". After the founding of New China, equality between men and women and monogamy were strongly advocated, and the traditional "thrusting the door backwards" was greatly weakened.

Extended data

Marriage and adoption of men and women are two different marriage modes, and all roads lead to the same goal. Therefore, two people live together with the common goal of being good for their children. However, influenced by traditional concepts and social values, there are still differences between them. To some extent, men in adoptive marriages may have to bear more pressure and make more efforts.

Generally speaking, adoptive marriage is influenced by some objective factors, and there is asymmetry between the two families, which is a marriage model adopted in order to achieve balance. Therefore, compared with the marriage mode of one man and one woman, this marriage mode has certain particularity, which requires both families to reach an understanding and overcome difficulties, and the adopted man bears greater responsibility.

In addition, a man who marries through adoption has to adapt not only to his wife, but also to his wife's family, so he has to pay more.