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Thursday, 15 November 2007
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A new book urges single women to 'put the sin back into singlehood' as a way of dealing with the epidemic of 'singleness' as a greater number of women are remaining unmarried.
Don't worry, be naughty
Herald Sun, November 05, 2007
UNLUCKY in love? Say goodbye to Ms Victim and hello to Ms Vixen. A new book aims to put the sin back into singlehood and celebrate the life of those who are footloose and fancy free. The Naughty Girls Guide to Life is written by British "it" girl Tara Palmer-Tomkinson, who is the infamous god-daughter of Prince Charles.
Sick of moping around the house after yet another break-up, Palmer-Tomkinson and her co-author Sharon Marshall decided it was much better to be naughty than nice. The book comes as most Australians now spend their 20s - and a good bit of their 30s - unmarried.
According to the 2006 Australian Bureau of Statistics census, about 4.6 million people over 20 are single or not living with a partner or spouse.
Slightly more than half have never married, and the rest are divorced, separated, widowed or living apart from a partner. Naughty Girls offers a timely reminder for women to revel rather than revolt in their single status. Nationally, there are about 15,000 more women than men in their 30s.
The older women get, the worse the ratio of men to women, the figures show. The book has advice ranging from faking sickies to coping with being dumped, and everything in between. Although tongue-in-cheek, the book offers positive, self-affirming messages. "Don't let the world be deprived of fabulous you," Palmer-Tomkinson and Marshall write.
"Being a sexy single girl is the most fun you'll ever have. But only if you go out and enjoy it.
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