The Civil Partnership Act in the UK replaced the terms “spinster” and “bachelor” with the more neutral “single” for unmarried individuals. “Spinster” has become pejorative, while “bachelor” survived, possibly due to a reality show. The terms date back to the 14th and 15th centuries. The Civil Partnership Act came into effect in the UK in […]
A spinster is an unmarried woman who has passed the conventional marriageable age without marrying. The term has been used since the 14th century and was associated with unmarried older women in the mid-1600s. Historically, being a spinster was seen as a source of shame and a sign of shortage in some regions of the […]
