Nevertheless, after overhearing an insulting remark at a party about her spinsterhood, she resolves to marry.
About 90 percent of the women had been married by the age of forty, and spinsterhood was rare.
Her departure from spinsterhood does not involve loss to the contribution fund under that heading.
As the law stands at present, there is a direct discouragement of marriage and of parenthood, and a direct encouragement to bachelordom and spinsterhood.
The resort to ' ' similarities ' ' comes close to implying that ' ' bachelorhood ' ' is a transcultural realm that can span decades and that can be defined, incidentally, in total isolation from ' ' spinsterhood.
Thus, further female marriage postponement, a higher level of spinsterhood, increased contraceptive use and emigration may be expected to play vital roles in restricting population growth in the coming years.
Margaret's tearful response shows how deeply entrenched is her internalization of spinsterhood.
Besides marriage postponement, a higher level of spinsterhood may also occur, and this would be an effective factor in fertility reduction.
