Ya'll think a lot of women today will end up single at an old age?
^this thread got me thinking…
I don’t understand why a predominate male site is obsessed with the idea that women will regret being single late in life when study after study proves that single women are among the happiest subgroup of people on the planet. In comparison, single men struggle to maintain meaningful friendships, are more likely to live isolated lonely lives, and are more likely to be homeless because of it.
I’ve attached some studies below:
1. “In five of the six nations, women who had no children and had been single all their lives had more expansive social networks [than men in the same circumstance] in which friends were an important part of their everyday support system. These lifelong single women were not growing old alone.”
“Women are always more satisfied with the number of friends they have, whether they live alone or with someone else. But the difference is bigger when they are living alone—71 percent of the women, but only 48 percent of the men, are satisfied with the number of friends they have.”
Smaller Share of Women Ages 65 and Older Are Living Alone
2. Women savor their solitude more than men do. When asked whether they enjoy their time alone, women are more likely than men to say that they do.
When "together" means "too close": Agency motives and relationship functioning in coresident and living-apart-together couples - PubMed
3. “Men are the majority of individuals experiencing homelessness (70 percent) followed by women (29 percent).”
Demographic Data Project: Gender and Individual Homelessness
Also, many women choose single life because their prospects aren’t ticking every box for them. That is their choice. Some single men are like this too, but there’s an enormous subset of men who simply don’t have options at all. Women will always have the advantage on that front because there will always be a “simp” waiting on her front steps with roses and chocolates. Men? Not so much. They get labeled incels, have to settle for paying for sex and companionship.
So when you have the urge to ask what will single women do when they’re old…remember that they have friends, family and options. However, their single male peers likely do not and are probably suffering in silence. I think y’all need to have a dialogue about that.
Here are some topics you can discuss:
1. How can men build strong interpersonal connections to last a lifetime
2. How men can foster and maintain relationships with extended family
3. How men can learn to enjoy solitude and combat loneliness
Hope this helps
