The phrase ‘single women’ elicits a provocative image of slender, young women dressed in clingy little dresses and dancing the night away in a singles bar. There is no question that this is an image facilitated by pop culture with movies like Charlie’s Angels and Something’s Gotta Give. In the former, you have attractive single women who kick butt and solve cases while looking good at it. The latter involves a randy older man played by Jack Nicholson who dates young, single women because they are still all about embracing life and no long-term commitment.
The image of the single woman is very different than that of the single man. Take the television shows Bachelor and Bachelorette. While the premise is similar, young, single attractive man is surrounded by dozens of young single women or men depending on whether you are dealing with Bachelor or Bachelorette. The focus of the shows is a parade of beauty, brains and wit – three things considered to be the pheromone of the single individual seeking companionship.
Interestingly enough, our concepts of many aspects of relationships has shifted over the last few centuries, but the eligibility and attractiveness of young single women remains an allure to storytellers, moviemakers and of course, other young eligible looking for a date.
Whether the chemical basis for this is the old biological desire to procreate the species or simply that the image of young, single women and men brings to mind a time of fewer complications, less worries and just the power of having a good time, this icon of single women remains powerful today.
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