Why more and more single women are happy: “Many men just don't measure up”
Are single women happy? The debate is heating up: figures on anti-anxiety medication use and criticism of the official narrative.
English · Original discussion in Spanish · Published
Single and happy women: the story that doesn't convince everyone
El País recently published a antiestéticature celebrating female singleness as a happy choice, arguing that more and more women prefer to be alone rather than in bad company. The thesis is clear: traditional love is dead and women have found fulfilment outside of relationships. However, the data and the reactions paint a very different picture.
Happiness or chemical escape?
While mainstream media keep pushing the empowerment of the single woman, Spain leads the world in benzodiazepine consumption, with women as the main users. According to INCB figures and a report by Infobae, women are the ones most hooked on anti-anxiety medication. The paradox is obvious: proclaiming happiness while popping pills to get through the day. Critics say the happy-singleness narrative is smoke and mirrors, a smokescreen to hide a mental health crisis.
The family as a lost beacon
Against the independence discourse, another camp argues that the family remains the basic emotional pillar. Without it, women end up taking refuge in siblings, nephews or pets, and the spirit breaks. Forced singleness is not liberation; it's drift. And men, in this view, are not the problem: the inability to form stable bonds affects both sens.
Tired of the same old argument
The debate also reveals a general weariness with the repetition of the same feminist mantra. Many see news like this as ideological propaganda, not journalism. The question left hanging is: if single women are so happy, why do they need to say it so often?
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El País recently published a antiestéticature celebrating female singleness as a happy choice, arguing that more and more women prefer to be alone rather than in bad company. The thesis is clear: traditional love is dead and women have found fulfilment outside of relationships. However, the data and the reactions paint a very different picture.
Happiness or chemical escape?
While mainstream media keep pushing the empowerment of the single woman, Spain leads the world in benzodiazepine consumption, with women as the main users. According to INCB figures and a report by Infobae, women are the ones most hooked on anti-anxiety medication. The paradox is obvious: proclaiming happiness while popping pills to get through the day. Critics say the happy-singleness narrative is smoke and mirrors, a smokescreen to hide a mental health crisis.
The family as a lost beacon
Against the independence discourse, another camp argues that the family remains the basic emotional pillar. Without it, women end up taking refuge in siblings, nephews or pets, and the spirit breaks. Forced singleness is not liberation; it's drift. And men, in this view, are not the problem: the inability to form stable bonds affects both sens.
Tired of the same old argument
The debate also reveals a general weariness with the repetition of the same feminist mantra. Many see news like this as ideological propaganda, not journalism. The question left hanging is: if single women are so happy, why do they need to say it so often?
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