Voluntary childlessness, also called being childfree, describes the voluntary choice not to have children. In most societies and for most of human history, choosing not to have children was both difficult and undesirable (except for celibate individuals).
On this page you'll find 4 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to childless, such as: infertile, infecund, sterile, and unfruitful.
(tʃaɪldləs ) adjective. Someone who is childless has no children.
Other forms: troglodytes. A troglodyte is a person who lives all alone, in seclusion. You could call this type a "hermit" or a "recluse," but it's more fun to say troglodyte.
What is infertility? Infertility means not being able to get pregnant after one year of trying (or six months if a woman is 35 or older). Women who can get pregnant but are unable to stay pregnant may also be infertile.
A spinster is an older, unmarried woman.
Usually, a fatherless person has lost his or her father to death, although you could also describe a girl raised only by her mother as a fatherless child. The root of fatherless is the similar Old English word fæderleas. Definitions of fatherless.
Because they never got the direction needed from a father figure, they learn to make up their own survival playbook. This can lead to negative coping skills such as sexual promiscuity, total avoidance of intimacy, isolation, substance abuse, anxiety, and depression.
A single parent is a person who has a child or children but does not have a spouse or live-in partner to assist in the upbringing or support of the child.
An "unmarried biological father" means the biological father of a child who was not married to the child's mother at the time the child was conceived or born.
spinster. noun(offensive) unmarried woman. bachelor girl. lone woman.
A single woman who is old enough to be married but isn't—and isn't likely to get married—is sometimes called a spinster.
Spinster is a term referring to an unmarried woman who is older than what is perceived as the prime age range during which women usually marry. It can also indicate that a woman is considered unlikely to ever marry. The term originally denoted a woman whose occupation was to spin. A synonymous term is old maid.
In the 17th century, a woman was considered an old maid if she remained unmarried and childless by the time she reached her mid-20s. However, today the word 'spinster' is more commonplace, and it is used to refer to women between the ages of 23 and 26.
According to this book, they are considered "co-wives."
A womanizer is someone who has multiple sexual encounters or relationships with more than one woman on a regular basis.
synonyms for spinster
On this page you'll find 6 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to spinster, such as: virgin, bachelor girl, lone woman, old maid, and single woman.
While no one would call Watson a spinster or old maid today, she nonetheless feels compelled to create a new term for her status: “self-partnered.” In what some have dubbed the “age of self-care,” perhaps this term is no surprise.
bachelor. noununmarried man or woman. available. celibate. single.
Peter Stein (1981) identifies four categories of never married based upon attitudes toward this single status—voluntary/temporary singles, voluntary/stable singles, involuntary/temporary singles, and involuntary/stable singles.
Women without children have also been found to have an increased risk of breast cancer, and increased mortality from uterine, ovarian and cervical cancer when compared to women with children. Moreover, the fertility declines with the advanced age at first childbearing.
Calling your partner “daddy,” she says, is just another type of sexual (or non-sexual) role play. Within the boundaries of a safe, consensual, loving adult relationship, it's perfectly fine – and normal, she says.
A widow (female) or widower (male) is a person whose spouse has died and has usually not remarried.
Many widows/widowers continue to wear their wedding ring until they feel ready to take it off. Some will continue to wear it forever. Wearing the ring enables the widow/widower to retain a sense of closeness to their departed spouse.
Divorced. After a divorce, if a woman keeps her married name, you can either use "Mrs." or "Ms." to address the guest followed by her first name and married name. If she is using her maiden name, then use "Ms." along with her first name and maiden name.