But yeah, anyway, back to your point, I guess, maybe... It just seems (to me) like society doesn't "hate" single women as much as it does single, unmarried men... Anymore. Sure, it certainly used to be reversed, but nowadays... I dunno. Like, as a man, if you're not... Putting yourself out there, you're seen as either a failure, or like there is something seriously wrong with you, or you're in the closet in some way... At least in my experience. :-/ By other men, mostly, and also the women who I once considered my close friends, so that's... "Fun".

But I suppose that is like the pressure that exists on women to, if not get married, then at least have children. So you're right.

I guess it just seems to me like, if women DO want it, they can just put themselves out there, and get it, which... I know is an absurd generalisation...

It's also hypocritical of me, of course, because I know that if I actually put myself out there, was more "cool", or "mainstream", had even an ounce of decent confidence, was less... picky, and wasn't utterly wracked by self-doubt, I could probably find someone, too. Which I guess is how some of those women you mention probably feel, too... I'm just not sure how this applies to the general male population, because there's a lot of men out there less fortunate than me, in that way... And women, too, of course.

Anyway, this is not a therapy session, and I'm sorry for going into that much personal detail, lol. But yeah, in short, I do agree with you, and thanks for raising those points. I'm not TheImpossible1, ha (or many of the others here), so I do completely see your point, and sorry if it seemed like I hadn't adequately addressed that! My perspective was perhaps lacking a bit. :-)

But yeah, anyway, back to your point, I guess, maybe... It just seems (to me) like society doesn't "hate" single women as much as it does single, unmarried men... Anymore. Sure, it certainly used to be reversed, but nowadays... I dunno. Like, as a man, if you're not... Putting yourself out there, you're seen as either a failure, or like there is something seriously wrong with you, or you're in the closet in some way... At least in my experience. :-/ By other men, mostly, and also the women who I once considered my close friends, so that's... "Fun".

But I suppose that is like the pressure that exists on women to, if not get married, then at least have children. So you're right.

I guess it just seems to me like, if women DO want it, they can just put themselves out there, and get it, which... I know is an absurd generalisation...

It's also hypocritical of me, of course, because I know that if I actually put myself out there, had even an ounce of decent confidence, was less... picky, and wasn't utterly wracked by self-doubt, I could probably find someone, too. Which I guess is how some of those women you mention probably feel, too... I'm just not sure how this applies to the general male population, because there's a lot of men out there less fortunate than me, in that way... And women, too, of course.

Anyway, this is not a therapy session, and I'm sorry for going into that much personal detail, lol. But yeah, in short, I do agree with you, and thanks for raising those points. I'm not TheImpossible1, ha (or many of the others here), so I do completely see your point, and sorry if it seemed like I hadn't adequately addressed that! My perspective was perhaps lacking a bit. :-)