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Article about i want a single man:
Why Women Like the Single Life More Than Men Do. Women take to single life more readily than men, new research finds. Stereotypically, women are the ones who are pining for a romantic partner and yearning to center their lives around a spouse.
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By that way of thinking, being single should be more of a problem for them than for men. In contrast, men supposedly can find satisfaction in their jobs and in sowing their wild oats. Typically, it is not men who fantasize about their wedding day or collect some male equivalent of bridal magazines. (I don’t think there are any.) But is all of this true? Are single women really less satisfied with their singlehood status? Are they really yearning for a romantic partner more than single men are? In a paper just published in Social Psychological and Personality Science , “'Sisters are doin’ it for themselves': Gender differences in singles’ well-being,” University of Toronto psychologists Elaine Hoan and Geoff MacDonald addressed those questions. The researchers analyzed data from nearly 6,000 single people who had participated in 10 studies. There were nearly equal numbers of men and women and 29 nonbinary people. The single people were at least 18 years old (the average age was 32) and were not in a romantic relationship at the time of the study. In Every Way, Women Were Happier Than Men with Their Single Lives. On every question that was asked in the study, single women were more comfortable than single men with their single lives. They were happier with their current romantic relationship status. They were less likely to want a romantic partner. They were more sexually satisfied. And they were more satisfied with their life in general. Are women just generally more satisfied than men, even if they are in a romantic relationship? For overall life satisfaction and sexual satisfaction, the answer is yes: Partnered women were more satisfied than partnered men. But partnered women were no more satisfied with their romantic relationship status than partnered men. Where single women really stood out from single men, and partnered women, was in their satisfaction with their romantic relationship status. On average, single life suits single women. They like it and they are not very interested in being in a romantic relationship. Why Are Women Happier Than Men With Being Single? To explain their findings, Hoan and MacDonald suggest that women may be happier single because they are more likely to have supportive relationships beyond romantic relationships. They also speculate that heterosexual romantic relationships are less rewarding for women because they do more than their share of household chores and tasks. Also, their sexual pleasure may be undervalued relative to men’s in romantic relationships. The researchers also suggest that as women’s incomes get closer to men’s, there is less of an economic advantage for them to marry, they believe that financially, single men “have more to gain from partnering than do single women.” All of these potential explanations have merit and are worth including. However, they seem to be generated from a couple’s perspective. I think we can benefit from the insights that come from taking a singles’ perspective on the experiences of single life. Thinking About Gender Differences From a Singles’ Perspective. In my book Single at Heart , I wrote: “Studies have shown that on average it is women, more than men, who seem to take to single life. They like it better. They like their solitude more. They spend more time pursuing their interests. They are more likely to have fulfilling friendships—they are good at connecting and staying connected with the people who matter to them. Domestic chores are not a challenge, they’ve often been raised to know how to cook and clean. Single women who were previously married to a man often express relief at no longer doing more than their share of those tasks and of caretaking too.” Do you see why this is a more singles-centered set of explanations than the ones offered by the Toronto psychologists? Here are a few key points: From a couple’s perspective, happiness is about having a romantic relationship. For single people to be happy, it would help to have other relationships, such as friendships. It is true that relationships with friends, family, and others can be important to single people. In fact, I’ve argued that single people may benefit from having “The Ones” instead of just “The One.” But when I ask people who are single at heart what they like about single life, they don’t just talk about the people in their lives.
Article about i want a single man:
Why Women Like the Single Life More Than Men Do. Women take to single life more readily than men, new research finds. Stereotypically, women are the ones who are pining for a romantic partner and yearning to center their lives around a spouse.
>> ENTER THE SITE <<
By that way of thinking, being single should be more of a problem for them than for men. In contrast, men supposedly can find satisfaction in their jobs and in sowing their wild oats. Typically, it is not men who fantasize about their wedding day or collect some male equivalent of bridal magazines. (I don’t think there are any.) But is all of this true? Are single women really less satisfied with their singlehood status? Are they really yearning for a romantic partner more than single men are? In a paper just published in Social Psychological and Personality Science , “'Sisters are doin’ it for themselves': Gender differences in singles’ well-being,” University of Toronto psychologists Elaine Hoan and Geoff MacDonald addressed those questions. The researchers analyzed data from nearly 6,000 single people who had participated in 10 studies. There were nearly equal numbers of men and women and 29 nonbinary people. The single people were at least 18 years old (the average age was 32) and were not in a romantic relationship at the time of the study. In Every Way, Women Were Happier Than Men with Their Single Lives. On every question that was asked in the study, single women were more comfortable than single men with their single lives. They were happier with their current romantic relationship status. They were less likely to want a romantic partner. They were more sexually satisfied. And they were more satisfied with their life in general. Are women just generally more satisfied than men, even if they are in a romantic relationship? For overall life satisfaction and sexual satisfaction, the answer is yes: Partnered women were more satisfied than partnered men. But partnered women were no more satisfied with their romantic relationship status than partnered men. Where single women really stood out from single men, and partnered women, was in their satisfaction with their romantic relationship status. On average, single life suits single women. They like it and they are not very interested in being in a romantic relationship. Why Are Women Happier Than Men With Being Single? To explain their findings, Hoan and MacDonald suggest that women may be happier single because they are more likely to have supportive relationships beyond romantic relationships. They also speculate that heterosexual romantic relationships are less rewarding for women because they do more than their share of household chores and tasks. Also, their sexual pleasure may be undervalued relative to men’s in romantic relationships. The researchers also suggest that as women’s incomes get closer to men’s, there is less of an economic advantage for them to marry, they believe that financially, single men “have more to gain from partnering than do single women.” All of these potential explanations have merit and are worth including. However, they seem to be generated from a couple’s perspective. I think we can benefit from the insights that come from taking a singles’ perspective on the experiences of single life. Thinking About Gender Differences From a Singles’ Perspective. In my book Single at Heart , I wrote: “Studies have shown that on average it is women, more than men, who seem to take to single life. They like it better. They like their solitude more. They spend more time pursuing their interests. They are more likely to have fulfilling friendships—they are good at connecting and staying connected with the people who matter to them. Domestic chores are not a challenge, they’ve often been raised to know how to cook and clean. Single women who were previously married to a man often express relief at no longer doing more than their share of those tasks and of caretaking too.” Do you see why this is a more singles-centered set of explanations than the ones offered by the Toronto psychologists? Here are a few key points: From a couple’s perspective, happiness is about having a romantic relationship. For single people to be happy, it would help to have other relationships, such as friendships. It is true that relationships with friends, family, and others can be important to single people. In fact, I’ve argued that single people may benefit from having “The Ones” instead of just “The One.” But when I ask people who are single at heart what they like about single life, they don’t just talk about the people in their lives.