Comments on: Do We Turn Off Men Our Own Age Without Realizing It? http://singlemindedwomen.com/women-relationships/turn-off-men-without-knowing-it/ Women's Health, Women's Relationships, Single Women's Work Life, Single Mothers, Money, Careers and Travel Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:23:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: buggie http://singlemindedwomen.com/women-relationships/turn-off-men-without-knowing-it/comment-page-1/#comment-1065 buggie Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:27:55 +0000 http://singlemindedwomen.com/?p=20878#comment-1065 I think these men shouldn't be making these assumptions about all women in their 30s. It's ridiculous. There are so few single men in their 30s it seems, how are we supposed to find anyone to date if they rule us all out? I think men who make assumptions like this are really just hurting themselves, like a company that discriminates on race or gender and end up missing out on the best talent. I for one, seem to be missing the biological clock gene and have no real interest in marriage whatsoever, and I am a single woman in my 30s. I also don't know where this stereotype of 30-something women came from to begin with, and I can't imagine it having anything to do with reality. Besides the fact that most women don't fit into the stereotype, there are PLENTY of men out there with same one-track minds about finding a "wife," also using impersonal criteria. In my 20s, I often found myself on dates with men in their 30s who seemed to only be interested in the fact that I still had plenty of childbearing years left. And talk about money and houses and living in the suburbs...yikes, men can be obsessed with these ideas! I think these men shouldn’t be making these assumptions about all women in their 30s. It’s ridiculous. There are so few single men in their 30s it seems, how are we supposed to find anyone to date if they rule us all out? I think men who make assumptions like this are really just hurting themselves, like a company that discriminates on race or gender and end up missing out on the best talent. I for one, seem to be missing the biological clock gene and have no real interest in marriage whatsoever, and I am a single woman in my 30s.

I also don’t know where this stereotype of 30-something women came from to begin with, and I can’t imagine it having anything to do with reality. Besides the fact that most women don’t fit into the stereotype, there are PLENTY of men out there with same one-track minds about finding a “wife,” also using impersonal criteria. In my 20s, I often found myself on dates with men in their 30s who seemed to only be interested in the fact that I still had plenty of childbearing years left. And talk about money and houses and living in the suburbs…yikes, men can be obsessed with these ideas!

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