'Throughout American's history, the start of adult life for women - whatever else it might have been destined to include- had been typically marked by marriage,'.
Women within american used to be married at 20-22 but now this has risen to 27.
Trainster highlights the suggestion that the dely of marriage were intentional actions of feminist protest.
However singlehood is no linger as restrictive to women as it used to be for example the vote, can borrow money, start businesses, have children without formally attaching themsleves to a man.
She explores the role of single women throughout modern history and identifies the unmarried women who fought for voting rights, wrote litterly classics and Queen Elizabeth 1st. Unmarried women are some of the most successful writers, activist and thinkers.
Trainster quotes Charlotte Bronte who had to marry at 38 in order to financial succure her farther in his old age' it is a solemn and strange and perilous thing for a women to become a wife.'
She also refers to how fictional character who she admired as a child , she didn't like when they got married because it ment an end to the adventures. But if a women remained single then it would result in her fate become similar to that of Miss Havisham and Lily Bart.
Also in reality women have been suggested of confusing and threating the established order.
' Men would become less central to economic security, social standing, sexual life and , as it turned out, to parenthood.'
Trainster made a significant decision that when she urned 30 she would have a baby on her own. this is an option that is becoming evermore increasing with modern women.
This book is needed society is changing and feminism is increasing in popularity. I belive in the right that women should have control over there own bodies and not be treated as though they can be passed around and only reach adult hood when they have a husband and children. Not marrying should not define a women.
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