How Celibate Women Became a Threat
time.com
How Celibate Women Became a Threat
For over 60 years, women have had unprecedented control over their fertility and sexual selectivity. On all fronts — graduation rates, life expectancy, and even job security — men are increasingly the second sex. However, for all the achievements of the feminist era, feminism failed to deliver on the promise of women’s happiness.
Part of the sex drought is due to the slow-life strategy of young adults delaying settling down with a romantic partner.
The 21st-century single woman is the one who has to prove her complete humanity by performing her contentment. She is empowered; she’s badass; she slays. She might also grieve—but no one really wants to talk about that.
I thought of all the conversations I’d had with single friends over the years about how there just weren’t enough good men out there. But now I was starting to discover something else. Maybe there were plenty of good men, but we were turning them off with our over-the-top expectations.