A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle
Equals
A mid 40s bitter woman, with a career she hates, childless, with cats and box wine.
And exceedingly lonely at the end of life!
...and a thousand c@ck stare from riding the carousel and being pumped and dumped for decades.
Unfortunately, No Fault Divorce left many women who had married young, had children, and been faithful in almost the same situation. Left for a younger woman, and trying to get by on what little child support they could get. Men looking to trade up contributed plenty to this mess. Indeed, some of the excesses of feminism were a direct result of this development.
“A Woman Needs a Man Like a Fish Needs a Bicycle.”
Gloria Steinem didn’t create the line but she was famous for wearing a t-shirt with the quote. She eventually got married.