Strangely, a number of psychiatrists stated that, in their experience, unmarried women patients were happier than married ones.
According to social customs in China, unmarried women over the age of 27 fall into this category.
Although the overall number of single men is still higher than that of unmarried women, in some areas single women now outnumber their male counterparts.
With the sizzling of the term "leftover women", Overage unmarried women suddenly face a heating up of pressure, and some women even have to suffer inexplicable irony by o1her people.
After the wedding, unmarried women dance in a circle around the blindfolded bride, waiting for her to place her crown on someone's head.
The conclusion is that East Asia's growing cohorts of unmarried women reflect less the breakdown of marriage than the fact that they are avoiding it.
Analysts say the marriage gap is grounded in the different daily lives and cultural outlooks that many married and unmarried women have.
For those who are young, free and single and enjoy jumping out of planes in their spare time, be careful if you're in Florida - unmarried women who parachute on Sundays can be jailed.
According to the survey, the growth of unmarried women with three years at college, four years at university and a postgraduate degree are 7.6 percent, 6.3 percent and 0.4 percent respectively.
A Kuwaiti MP proposed state-aid for male citizens to take second wives, in a bid to reduce the large number of unmarried women in the oil-rich emirate.
