Maybe there is such a thing as singlism radar because with some stumbling from link to link, i landed on an article that irks me: A Love Letter to all the Men who Love Entrepreneurial Women

While i am all for celebrating the men who are supportive of entrepreneurial women, the article seems to suggest that the only way to get this kind of support is by marrying a guy like that. Never mind the idea of women supporting other women or male friends supporting female friends – actually, strike the genders in this: friends supporting friends…. Or what about fathers who are supporting (and loving!) their daughters as they build their own businesses? Or the sons who do this for their mothers? Aren’t these men who love entrepreneurial women? The article doesn’t mention them.

Instead it links to another article with just what we need to find such a husband. Rather than creating a network of mutual support, we are left with the matrimanical bullet that will solve all of our problems.

Because, let’s face it, we could all use that “sense of security (both financial and emotional) that allows me to take even greater risks than I probably would have taken if I were on my own.” Instead of offering the individualistic solution of marriage, how about calling for a basic income guarantee and universal health care that would offer this sense of security to all of us? Oh, right, as long as we can shove social responsibility into the family and marriage, we don’t need to face that this system isn’t working for most of us, including those single women who are struggling as entrepreneurs. Maybe they’d rather focus on their business than to find a spouse…

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