The article is clearly for a class of women who want to stay single forever, not for men. Most people should be focusing more on having stable relationships with a partner, not into roommates.

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mock-possum 4 days ago | parent [-]

Why women? It’s written by a woman, certainly, who does offer the disclaimer,

> I understand not everyone is wired like I am.

Why not men? Why would a man not prefer to live with roommates, to split meals and chores and have easy companionship for a cup of tea and a movie at the end of the day?

On the other hand, why should a man not want to be naked around the house, play trashy music at 7am, and bring someone home for the night without worrying about roommates?

What does men and women have to do with any of this, in other words? You’re the second comment to explicitly mention gender and I do not see the connection.

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ipaddr 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

Women are more likely to pair up for safety and community reasons.

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thunderfork 4 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

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OutOfHere 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Women can be more social, whereas men can be more independent, taken to their respective extremes. Men don't like having to explain their behavior to someone, or want to tolerate anyone else's behavior. Being social was cool back in college, but not since past the age of 35.

Men are fighting hard to improve their resumes/businesses/finances/health, and as such their lives, and they don't need or value idle time spent with roommates coming in the way. The role of a provider weighs more heavily on men.

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netsharc 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

So is this behavior defined by societal rules and expectations, or by the genders' own nature?

I'm a man, and as I get older I feel like the idea of men having to be less social and aggressive (e.g. the part about not tolerating stuff - or the opposite idea that women are fine with suffering in silence while someone has poor behavior instead of speaking up) harms us.

	▲	OutOfHere 3 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		> the idea of men having to be less social and aggressive That's a gross misrepresentation. Regarding aggression, in one's home, one doesn't want to and shouldn't have to explain things to others. One is supposed to be the king (or queen) of their home. As for being social, sociologically speaking, men work to connect communities they don't belong to, whereas women connect the community they belong to. Lastly, no, women do not suffer in silence. They are extremely vocal, often a lot more than men.
	▲	em-bee 4 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		the part about not tolerating stuff i left europe because of this nonsense. other cultures are way more tolerant. in china complaining about someone else is practically an insult. of course the downside is that when you have problems in your family, nobody wants to get involved because they feel it's not appropriate.

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gherkinnn 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Rubbish. What a dreadful world you seem to inhabit.

	▲	OutOfHere 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		You're giving Trump competition for his vocabulary skills. Please familiarize yourself with the comments policies at https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html given that your comment being in violation of several of the listed policies.