ABSTRACT
Single women are living on the cusp of change (Anderson & Stewart, 1994). Stereotypes of spinsters and old maids are outmoded, but there are few new descriptions of the single woman. Anderson and Stewart (1994) note that the media dichotomously depicts 5 single women as “pathetic leftovers from the marriage market,” unhappy and desperate, or “power-obsessed barracudas bent only on greedily acquiring the empty rewards of money and fame” (p. 14). Even the popular Cathy cartoon reflects the dual images of stigma and 10 glamorization (Lewis, 1994). Schwartzberg, Berliner, and Jacob (1995), in Single in a Married World, have started looking at where adult singlehood fits into the life cycle framework. However, more work is needed to develop a complete understanding of the single life 15 style.
