"Ant tribe" is not an insect group, but a little-known huge group of "post-80 s"-"low-income group of college graduates". The reason why this group is called "ant family" is because this group has many characteristics similar to ants: high IQ, weak quality and gregarious.

"Ant tribe" can also refer to a huge group neglected by society because of the disparity between the rich and the poor, the lack of interest spokespersons and the inferior economic and social status.

major feature

First of all, ants have high IQ. According to related research, ants have 250,000 brain cells, making them the smartest species among all insects. The high IQ of ants can be used to describe the characteristics of this group, such as "high knowledge" and "high education". Secondly, ants are social animals, and there are often thousands of ants in an ant nest, which is consistent with the characteristics of this group living in a compact community in a physical state. In addition, although ants are weak, if they are not given enough attention, they will also cause serious disasters (such as ant disasters), so some people call ants "weak and strong." These characteristics of ants are similar to the weakness of the group, with low income and no attention, which is easy to cause many social problems.

In addition, ants have many advantages that are easily overlooked, and it is precisely these advantages that are highly similar to this group. For example, ants never give up: if we try to block an ant's way, it will immediately find another way. Either climb over, drill through obstacles or take a detour. Another example is the expectation feeling of ants: ants are looking forward to summer all winter. In the severe winter, ants always remind themselves that the cold will pass and the warm and comfortable days will come soon. Even the rare warm winter sun will attract their nesting ants to exercise their muscles in the sun. Once the cold current strikes, they immediately hide back to the warm nest and wait for the call of the next sunny day. In addition, there are ants' diligence and all-out working attitude and so on. These characteristics are the true portrayal of "low-income group of college graduates".

Main classification

Scholar Lian Si named this colony "Ant Family", and according to the different regions of this colony, they were named Beijing Ant (Beijing), Shanghai Ant (Shanghai), Jiang Ant (Wuhan), Qin Ant (Xi 'an) and Guang Ant respectively.

Research and investigation

According to the survey of Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Wuhan and Xi 'an, the number of people living in ant colonies in each city is quite amazing. Compared with employment and education, the sexual crisis of this group is more prominent. As post-80s-90s, they are sexually active. However, the marital status of ants is compared with cohabitation. Unmarried people account for 93% of the total number of respondents, married people account for 7%, and cohabiting with the opposite sex only accounts for 23%, which is more worrying than the sexual crisis of migrant workers.

"the sexual needs of the' ant family' are difficult to meet. Among 93% unmarried people, 5 1% have lovers, among which 23% have chosen the lifestyle of cohabitation, and only 33% have had sex in the last month. As far as Chinese adults are concerned, the average frequency of sexual life is about 1 time per week. However, 67% people in this group have not had sex in the last month. In contrast, it is difficult for' ant tribe' to meet their sexual needs, and the lack of interpersonal sexual activities is likely to be vented through individual sexual intercourse (such as masturbation) or other means. If it is through other means, it will cause social problems to a great extent. "

Whether it is "NEET", "moonlight" or "ant", it refers to several life concepts and living conditions of young people at present, especially college students who have just graduated from colleges and entered the society. I refer to them collectively as "three schools". In fact, these "third-rate" phenomena are not characteristic of China, but have already existed widely abroad. It's just that millions of college graduates flood into our society every year, and thousands of young people flow into big cities like Beijing and Shanghai every year. There can't be so many people abroad in scale, so this phenomenon is not so prominent abroad.

Nevertheless, the "third-rate" phenomenon abroad has long attracted people's attention. In the United States, this group has a nice name-"young workers" (young migrant workers). A professional organization in the United States (Peter D.HartResearchAssociates) once conducted a follow-up survey on this group from 1999 to 2009. The survey covers many aspects of this group's life, such as employment, income, medical insurance and family life.

According to the investigation, they published a report entitled "Young Workers-The Lost Decade". The report shows that young migrant workers are facing many difficulties and challenges on their way to society and independent life. Of course, the "young migrant workers" investigated in the report may not be completely consistent with our "three families", but the situation reflected in the report is similar to the confusion and challenges faced by young people like our "three families", especially the "ant tribe".

Survival status quo

Poor living conditions, lack of social security, great ideological and emotional fluctuations, frustration anxiety and other serious psychological problems, generally reluctant to explain the real situation to their families, communication with the outside world mainly depends on the network to vent their emotions.

Under life, above survival.

"Ant tribe" is mostly engaged in low-level and temporary jobs such as insurance promotion, electronic equipment sales and catering services. Most of them have no "three insurances" and labor contracts, and some are even unemployed and semi-unemployed, with low and unstable income. Low rent, low cost of living and convenient transportation attract "ant tribe" to live in the urban-rural fringe or village of big cities, which is called "ant domain".

Social problems of "ant tribe" inhabited areas

Compared with the huge number of "ant tribe" in real life, "ant tribe" is a little-known group in social attention. There are often media reports and academic studies on the theme of "migrant workers, laid-off workers and farmers", but there are few academic studies and media reports on the theme of "ant tribe". While the floating population has become the focus of news media and literary works (especially migrant workers' literature), it has increasingly become the mainstream discourse and focus of academic circles. At the same time, the "ant tribe" has been buried under the vocabulary of "young migrant workers", "floating population" and "school drift". They are not included in the management system of the government and social organizations, and rarely appear in the field of vision of scholars and journalists. To some extent, this is a neglected and forgotten group! This is a group that is rarely concerned and sympathized with!

The absence of "ant tribe" in mainstream discourse does not mean that they are not important in real life!

development trends

With the changes of a series of structural factors such as social urbanization, demographic changes, labor market transformation and higher education system reform in China, more and more college graduates choose to work in big cities. Coupled with the arrival of the international financial crisis, the number of "ant families" will increase dramatically in the next few years. Therefore, although the "ant tribe" has not yet formed a "social stratum" in the sociological sense, the rising phenomenon of "ant tribe" should arouse the full attention and attention of the society.

Thinking and commenting

The emergence of the "ant tribe" group originated from1the expansion of university enrollment driven by the industrialization of education in the late 1990s. It often spreads into a social problem. Because the expected income implied when people pay high education costs is higher than the actual income "re-priced" by the general labor market after leaving school, various "ant families" with few opportunities for upward mobility are living in one place more and more, which leads to "meaningless participation" in almost any social conflict. The Ant Family reveals the disharmonious factors directly created by the industrialization of education.

The employment of college students has always been the top priority in the work of colleges and universities, but the phenomenon of "ant tribe" seems to sound the alarm for the status of college students after graduation. Universities and relevant education departments should not only pay attention to the figures in the employment problem, but also see the real living conditions of graduates under the figures and their inability to resist the reform of the education system.

Putin24 of Zhejiang University thinks that the post-80s generation is full of confusion about the future and some simple rebellions. Due to high housing prices, low wages and more competition, many people choose employment, graduate school and entrepreneurship. They also try to get together and form an "ant tribe" to change themselves and create their own future.

Stick to the future and look forward to tomorrow.

"Ant tribe" is a group pregnant with hope. They are highly educated, full of wisdom, not afraid of difficulties, optimistic and cheerful, face the reality, dare to accept challenges, have dreams, have simple beliefs, are full of beautiful expectations for the future, especially believe in realizing their ideals through struggle, and rarely complain. They know that the door of the university has gone out, but the door of society has not been fully opened. This is a difficult transition and an inevitable stage. Many "ant families" say that on the surface we are suffering, but it is actually a process of hard work. The experience of life already contains hardships and bitterness, and poor conditions should be the starting point of hard struggle.

At present, the research report of "Ant Tribe" written by scholar Lian Si has been highly valued by relevant leaders, and the phenomenon of "Ant Tribe" has aroused widespread concern in the whole society. Relevant departments in Beijing have begun to legislate for this group, and have begun preliminary research work, and the plight of "ant tribe" is expected to be better solved.