The concept that marriage is the only purpose of a women’s life and she should put her life and happiness on hold for marriage, is faulty and outdated. Here’s why

According to data, only 11% of women in India have never been married. Around 21% consists of single women including divorced, unmarried, widowed, or separated women. The number has increased over the years but the struggles of single women in a country like India cannot be covered. 

Our society finds single, independent women managing their own lives not only inadequate but also an aberration. Perhaps, it’s too much for our society to see a woman happy and single altogether. So they choose to consider them ‘failures’ even just because they do not have a husband and children to flaunt.

Bharathy Singaravel, a Chennai-based journalist, on May 22, 2022, shared her story about how she almost confirmed an apartment but at the last moment, the landlord turned the offer down on the absurd demand of her next-door neighbour.

single women are not dartboards to target your orthodox perceptions on. They have a life, a legal life, to stay safe, happy and independent.

When are we going to stop stereotyping single women for their personal choices?

It is not easy being a single woman in a society which expects you to be married at a certain age and hence, “be settled.” Here are some annoying things single women have to deal with.

Women have been judged on the basis of the relationship status for the longest time and a woman who is not married is often said to have no place for herself in the society but, here we portray how Indian women are single, independent and opting to be on their own.

Discrimination, stereotypes, especially single women stereotypes, and patriarchy still exist in India today, despite the fact that there are more single women than at any other time in history in the history of India.

Subtle sexism is slow poison. It kills softly but in a manner far more deadly than blatant, boorish sexism that many women are learning to call out today.