Do Women Need Men?

personally marriage isn't for me ! and I'm not really about having a man in my life at the moment I was for years I used to think I was depressed and unhappy because id no man!

but ow I'm all about me getting the life and career I want and for now fellas don't come into that as a long term thing!

of course I will be devastated if I didn't end up with someone to share my life with but id live and enjoy life on my own I'm not a big fan of having children id rather adopt if I ever did want some!

but I definitely don't need a man

Marriage is just a legal document. Love is much more than that. Its fine to get married or not.
Just as kids. Whenever you may feel like it's the right time to have kids, go for it. But really be sure.
Everyone is different to an extent. Society makes us the same. So, no women do not NEED men and vice versa. But they are sure nice to share life with. :)

That's really hard to answer, because [as someone else mentioned] we're taught from a very young age that we should get married and start a family, so it feels kind of ingrained in a lot of us.
I personally am not big on having kids, but I do see myself getting married someday. I think I could be fine and make it work if I ended up never marrying, but if I had the choice I'd rather get married personally.

Wow Maxfield, I was thinking that same thing today at work. I was in Monday slump and got to thinking about my current position in life. I consider myself a pretty successful woman. I am an engineer and have my Masters and am working at a large biotech company. I live by myself and am usually a pretty content gal. But today, I overheard a co-worker talk about his married-sister being pregnant and expecting to start her family in several months. I don't know what happened but I felt a rush of pressure to my gut and began worrying about my own life.

I want to meet a wonderful guy and fall in love again. I am having such a hard time meeting quality men and have wondered if it was because I chose to be successful. Like I am missing out on a lot of things. But I can't blame my career for my lack of a relationship.

I would feel like I missed out a lot in life if I could not find the right guy to share my life with. Kids would be nice too but all the success in my life is never as sweet because in a way, I always think that it is not as nice to have if I can't share my accomplishments with someone I love. Sure, I have family and friends but there are certain moments in life that can be greatly enhanced with a wonderful man by your side.

No, I don't think so. But girls are taught from a young age that we need to be swept off our feet, get married and have children. At least in most cases. Hang out with some preschoolers and how many say they want to be married, or want 3 children, or even want to be like that Disney character when they grow up (who always ahas a handsome man and she hardly works, besides some light housework with animated animals, a theatrical song, and possibly taking care of some children who are always smiling and cheerful).

I'm not planning to get married, I'm aware of statistics and know there are much more girls than guys. If it happens it happens, but I do want a family (for personal reasons) and lucky for me I'm not very traditional so I wouldn't mind adopting a child and being a single mother. Despite that, I still have my fingers crossed, but there's not a lot of money put on whether I get married or not.

Nope I wouldn't. I don't plan on getting married or having kids and want to focus my whole attention on my career. I plan on getting my PHD so I don't see a family in my future. Some women may say that they feel the need to have a family to be complete but that's them. Some women on the other hand would rather lead a successful career and make their own money and not depend on a man for financial support. SO I guess it depends on the person

not at all that's a smart women right there.