Why Are More And More Women No Longer Chasing Marriage?

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JAKARTA - Women who choose to stay single or without a partner are increasing in number. Between 2018 and 2030, the number of unmarried women is projected to increase by 1.2 percent per year for the entire population in the United States.

Quoting from Women's Health, on Thursday, October 23, 45 percent of women aged 24 to 44 years will become single in 2030 and are reluctant to focus on marriage. Experts say there are a number of factors that trigger this increase.

Social scientist Bella DePaulo, PhD, says that the world is currently interconnecting but that doesn't necessarily need to depend on a life partner to socialize or emotional support. Today technology can help to satisfy life as single.

"Communication technology has made it much more satisfying to be single. If you are single, and live alone, you are not isolated. You are only one text message, email, or chat room from around the world," Bella said.

In addition, dissatisfaction with connections is also the reason women choose to be single. Women feel they cannot find a partner who can be in line with the values they trust.

"You experience very shallow and unsatisfactory interactions that are not leading anywhere. For women, they feel like they can't find a partner that's aligned with their values," said the relationship therapist, San Diego Leah Aguirre.

Aguirre also explained that modern-era women are also increasingly knowing what kind of relationship they are dreaming of. If you don't find it, then staying single is not a problem.

Women want to be in a fair relationship, respecting each other where the two people openly share their concerns and feelings and it is answered safely and assertively," he added.

"They set high standards and stay single longer," concluded Aguirre.