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sorors,
i think that women are indirectly(or maybe even directly!) socialized to think that something is wrong with them in some way if they do not have a man and if they opt to prolong their singlehood. but this idea carries over into other everyday scenarios: if you go out to eat by yourself as a woman or if you go to the movies by yourself as a woman, for examples, people will more than likely raise an eyebrow. why? because we are socialized to think that women cannot or should not go it alone in any thing... i just resent the implication that we are all in the pursuit of a man... as if that is the highest aspiration in life.
but there are A LOT of wonderful, intelligent, attractive sisters who really are genuinely having a rough time finding a brother to settle down with... but i wouldn't call that situation "pitiful"
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"Men often become what they believe themselves to be. If I believe I cannot do something, it makes me incapable of doing it. But when I believe I can, then I acquire the ability to do it even if I didn't have it in the beginning."-Gandhi
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