Ng Zeng Woon/ Who Needs a Husband?

In this article, the author serves to inform the reader of his opinions of views towards marriage and how women has evolved in attitude and perceptions to their status in relation to marriage.
However I shall be summarising what I feel are 3 of the most important points that the author has mentioned in his article.

They are:
1) Being more confident, more self-sufficient, and more choosy than ever, women no longer see marriage as a matter of survival and acceptance.

2) Society is far more accepting of single women than it was even a few years ago, which shows the evolution of society's perception of women with regards to marriage.

3)Mass media is playing a growing role in showing women today what they stand to gain or lose if they opt for being single.

I do agree with the author of the article to a large extent. I wish to highlight to all the main similarity of the 3 points, which is a changing society. Let me explain how this is so.

With a change in society comes a change in the views of society with regards to marriage. People, especially women, are nowadays having new perspectives with regards to marriage. Given that women are now growing in stature, women no longer see marriage as a matter of survival and acceptance as it was in the past.Women's growing in stature also means that more women are making a decision to become single instead of getting married or becoming single mothers through means such as adoption.
Likewise, with a growing state of technology, the mass media has improved by leaps and bounds, breaking boundaries and portraying like-minded views of the society with regards to marriage, a trend noticeable by a growing number of network shows focused on strong, career-minded single women, such as Judging Amy and Providence.
Some view that women are unrealistic about marriage--so picky about men that they're denying themselves and society the benefits of marriage while they pursue an impossible ideal. The rejection of marriage by more women reflect a widening gender gap--as daughters of the women's movement discover that men, all too often, have a far less liberated view of the wife's role in marriage. I would agree partially as it is not entirely true an assessment of today's women in context to their views and perceptions to marriage.