Single Women

"I've sometimes thought of marrying, and then I've thought again."
- Cass Daley

When women's suffrage really began to take hold in this country, aside from voting, certain other rights were afforded women that had previously been reserved strictly for men. Not only legal rights, but social norms as well began to change rapidly. Women, previously subordinate to men in all aspects of public life, suddenly began to claim a sovereign status.

The roaring '20s saw flappers and the '40s saw women pitching in for the war effort. All of this placed single women on the ascendant. With the pendulum swinging in favor of independence -- as marriage lost its monopoly on determining a woman's availability -- it became more difficult for men to identify who was single and who was a waste of their wooing ability.

The lack of a ring, or a pin on a sweater, is no longer the signal that a woman is interested. Men have to do a great deal more research into the lives of that creature known as the single woman.

Single Women on AM

The dating world has been changing for a long time. Women are independent creatures who want to maintain their femininity. They wish to maintain the civility of the past and combine it with a modern sense of independence and equality. This is powerful camouflage. And this is why AskMen.com is here to help you learn to identify and meet modern single women.

Single Women Fact

A man's physical appearance isn't all that important to a single woman; in fact, physical appearance consistently ranks lower than honesty, loyalty, intelligence, since of humor and employment status when surveyed