Why Women
Marry Late In the famous HBO series “Sex and the City”, the main characters were in their mid-30s to early 40s, all single and making the life of the solo-flighter the most fashionable thing next to the color black. As the series closed, however, the ideals of marriage and partnership resurfaced, with Carrie Bradshaw finally getting the fairytale wedding she had been wanting deep inside all along. Which leads us to the question: after all the “You go girl!” attitude thrown about, where and how does marriage fit in with our end goals?
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omen are entering a new age, and the definition of what it means to be a women is constantly evolving. Education and career are top priorities for many a modern women, and many feel that they are too “busy”, or preoccupied with their life goals, to start a family. So much so, in fact, that the average age to get married has been pushed back from the average age of 23 years old in 1981 to 30 years old in 2009. And this number is about to get higher.
“Life Begins At 30″ According to the UK National Statistics office, the average age by which females marry has made a progression from 23 years old in 1981 to 30 years old in 2012. Case in point, recently wed Kate Middleton got married to Prince William when she was 29 years old, in great contrast to her would-have-been motherin-law Lady Diana Spencer, who got marriage at age 20. The trend holds true across the globe, transcending cultures. In the US, the average marrying age is 25 years old for women, while the average age of first marriage in China is 27. Emphasis is placed on “first marriage” as we all know how marriages have become nowadays, that is, simply defined by a piece of paper that can easily be retracted in most territories. But that’s another story. By CHLOE AMBROSIA MILLER