I actually didn't find the article itself to be particularly offensive - I find the fact that there really are a lot of women who don't know how to cope with being single (and I've met a fair number of them) offensive. The article just seemed for the most part like it was fairly gently (maybe too gently) trying to tell them that not being in a relationship didn't have to be the end of the world. So I think you may be shooting the messenger here...
Now, why there are still so many women in this day and age who can't cope with singleness, I have no clue. But they do exist, sadly. I've met them. And that is one of many reasons why I feel like an anthropologist studying an alien culture any time I have to associate with "normal" people.
And with regard to the ER story, I second corwin77's comment: that sounds more like a lack of friends problem than a lack of relationship problem. Though the two may be interconnected, in that it seems like a lot of the same sort of mainstream, non-feminist women who have no idea what to do with themselves when they're single also don't put a very high priority on friendship, because they centre their lives so strongly around romantic relationships. And that's a sad thing in itself.
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Date: 2010-11-22 05:30 am (UTC)Now, why there are still so many women in this day and age who can't cope with singleness, I have no clue. But they do exist, sadly. I've met them. And that is one of many reasons why I feel like an anthropologist studying an alien culture any time I have to associate with "normal" people.
And with regard to the ER story, I second