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When choosing independence challenges social expectations of womanhood

I'm in my forties and single by choice but every social gathering feels like an interrogation about what's wrong with me for not wanting marriage and kids.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Deviating from prescribed life paths for women provokes social scrutiny that frames personal choice as personal failure.

Ideas that help explain it
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