In part, that's because when we delay marriage, it's not just women who become independent. It's also men, who, like women, learn to clothe and feed themselves, to clean their homes iron their shirts and pack their own suitcases.

Rebecca Traister
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This quote is a perfect example of what not to do when you are trying to describe the experience of being a single woman. The author is speaking about how a woman who has delayed marriage will eventually learn to clothe and feed herself, but he also implies that the experience of being single will make a man lazy. This idea is very sexist because it implies that men must be lazy if they don't have a family to support. In many countries, women make more money than men, but because of this stereotype men continue to get paid less than women for the same work because society assumes that they must be "lazy" people without families. This quote is just another example of how society continues to marginalize single men while promoting the idea that a woman needs a man to take care of her and provide her with a home and a family.

Source: All The Single Ladies: Unmarried Women And The Rise Of An Independent Nation

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