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Instead of college, marriage, children and, perhaps, career, the new single woman roars out of academia with no desire for romantic entanglement or expectation of it. She establishes herself in a career, takes multiple sexual partners, perhaps moves in with a boyfriend or two, and then -- well, we all know what happens. As 30 hovers into view, she begins to desire a warm home life along with the fruits of her education and work. But her upbringing, as Ms. Whitehead explains, has not prepared her for this eventuality.

I would also say there is another reality here that the author is onto, but just quite can't admit. Lots of time these women have accumulated extreme emotional baggage from some past sour relationships and maybe this women has also contracted an STD. Maybe she's had an abortion or two, just to add more psychological instability. (BTW, I can name a dozen of these women off the top of my head and can name some with all three things I've listed, Hooray for the Sexual Revolution! /sarcasm). So now she's going to magically settle down like they do in Hollywood's "Sex and the City"? PUH-LEEZE!

Sorry but many possible suitors out there will find them unsuitable and will prefer that young, supple, 25 year old without all that baggage? Its sad, but thats the way that most men think - who wants an old hag who is all used up? Those are the harsh realities.

I think I'll print this thread off and mail it to some young women I know......might help them as they enter the "marriage years"....one can only hope. The "slut syndrome" should be studied....but, then, the Feminists would be outted.

Single women in their mid30's and up have got all of the associated trauma and anger of your average Vietnam veteran.

They are the walking wounded. One only need remind them of a past negative event, to recieve a full-on frontal assault in response. I believe that there should be a law against single women owning guns or knives sharper than butter knives after a certain age, because they are dangerous. They can hire someone to cut their meat.

I am reminded of the movie Fatal Attraction where Glenn Close is standing in the bathtub with the knife, whenever I see one of those 'sophisticated women' packing their briefcases and sensible shoes through downtown Seattle.