Category Archives: Death of courtship

Started with a bang, ended with a whimper

Posted on April 12, 2013 by

In This won’t end well I explained the seeming contradiction between Hanna Rosin’s assertion that women chose the hookup culture because they found it empowering, and Leslie Bell’s observation that women wanted something more. What neither author noticed is that … Continue reading →

Posted in Aging Feminists, Choice Addiction, Death of courtship, Denial | 362 Comments

Another crack in the narrative

Posted on April 11, 2013 by

NY Magazine’s The Cut has a new article out on a topic which is rapidly making the rounds:  Meet the SWUGs of Yale: Women ‘Washed Up’ at 21 The striking feature image shows a coed with the tell-tale dead in … Continue reading →

Posted in Aging Feminists, Choice Addiction, Death of courtship, Finding a Spouse | 200 Comments

This won’t end well.

Posted on March 12, 2013 by

The Atlantic has a piece out by Leslie C. Bell titled Women in Their 20s Shouldn’t Feel Bad About Wanting a Boyfriend (H/T Free Northerner).  Ms. Bell takes issue with Hanna Rosin’s assertion in Boys on the Side that young women … Continue reading →

Posted in Aging Feminists, Choice Addiction, Death of courtship, Finding a Spouse | 298 Comments

The Feminine Imperative Revisited

Posted on January 18, 2013 by

The Social Pathologist starts off on good footing in Marx and the Feminine Imperative when he writes: Now, I do think that the Feminine imperative holds true, especially for the avowed feminists, but for the average woman,  I don’t think she … Continue reading →

Posted in Death of courtship, Feminine Imperative, Feral Females | 475 Comments

She needs more men!

Posted on November 18, 2012 by

Badger writes about a woman at a dinner party who recently tried to enlist him in her friend’s quest to keep her dating hopper filled with new men: “Do you have any normal friends for my friend to date?” Vaguely … Continue reading →

Posted in Choice Addiction, Death of courtship | 95 Comments