“Single”, “spinster”, “it’s going to be too late”, “how come you still don’t have a partner?”. These and many other comments are still heard by single women today. Although they sound old and creaky, it is a reality for many of these women who live without a partner. Through their decision, they defy a secular and heteropatriarchal tradition that has made us believe women had to get married (to a man, obviously) and have children to feel fulfilled.
Since she was a child, she dragged herself and began with the mother: You have to do everything that I couldn’t. Resilience is expected.
Women live for others, and that creates stress and anxiety for them. They have been educated to meet unrealistic expectations that society has imposed on them from an early age. The message is simple: You have to be perfect.
As long as the free market predominates, the influence of the media will continue to be decisive for women to live prey to stereotypes because they are bombarded with messages that drive them to demand perfection. The problem is that when they do not achieve it, they feel bad, and some fall into depression
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