Single Women in Society: Perceptions, Problems and Challenges
Journal Title: Research Journal of Philosophy & Social Sciences - Year 2017, Vol 0, Issue 1
Abstract
Romantic love, partnership, marriage and motherhood form the cultural context of women and resonate in representation of them. Historically, in cultural representation, women have been defined in relation to men; a very different picture has been painted when it comes to the status of being Single Women in comparison to Single Men. Single men are perceived as “bachelors” - independent, having fun, and enjoying life to its fullest before getting “chained down” by a woman. Single women on the other hand called by the names such as “sad spinsters” and “crazy cat ladies. But in the present modern age when human equality is receiving universal attention, hopefully these archaic views are just out of date and untrue.It is also a popular belief that if a woman attains certain age without being married, something must be tragically wrong with her, she must have a bad disease,she is incapable of conceiving children and her great grandmother left her a curse never to get married. These are some of the rumors spread about women who prefer not to get married. There are people who subscribe to the traditional belief that every woman needs to be comfortable in a man’s house playing the role of wife. Why it is difficult for women to decide her own life space, why can’t she choose to remain single throughout her life? Why does she always needs a man shelter and look for her prince charming? However, not much research has been done on single women yet, because of their special status, therefore the present paper seeks to explore whether single women are marginal, what are the problems and challenges they face in their life being a single women, what are the perceptions and attitudes of society towards them. Based on exploratory research design, present study is being conducted in Surat City. By using snowball -sampling technique a sample of 20 single never married women (who are unmarried up to the age of 40) is being identified and interviewed.
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Shashi Saini
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