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'You'd have to drag us down the aisle'.
(From Irish Independent)
Bridget Jones started it, 'Sex and the City' fanned the flames, and now we're obsessed. Roxanne Parker speaks frankly to three women in their 30s about the highs, the lows and the reality of single life
'Husband hunters', 'fussy', 'career-obsessed', 'party animals', 'predators' - these labels have been stuck on single women at one stage or another in modern society.
While single women in their 20s are portrayed as enjoying their freedom years, the stereotype for the single woman changes dramatically once she hits her 30s - they are seen either as lonely 'Bridgets' eating pot-noodles alone with a bottle of wine or they are cast as wanton sex fiends out on the prowl in their Jimmy Choos every night of the week.
But what is the truth about singledom, which is quickly becoming the biggest growing demographic in Ireland?
As women grow more independent, climb the career ladder, buy their own houses and manage a mortgage solo, the economic need for a man that past generations of women faced has now grown ...
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- Newspaper article from: The Daily Deal November 22, 2004 700+ words
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- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire November 18, 2006 700+ words
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