Cinderella Singletons. The term describes women who are on the road to becoming modern-day Cinderellas because they opt out of financial planning, in the hope that some man, some day, will arrive and bail them out.

Whisper · 2011-08-08T05:12:00+00:00

'Women get bewildered by the array of choices,' says Professor Pine. 'Many of us find money issues boring. Financial literature is written by men for men, it's full of jargon and women are put off by it.

WTF? Seriously, WTF?

Are women adults, or not? Since when do we make these kinds of excuses for adults being irresponsible?

zarquon989 · 2011-08-08T01:10:59+00:00

"A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle".

2011-08-08T02:38:00+00:00

To be honest I find many women are much more inclined to give into temptation and have generally less willpower than many men (sweeping generalisation I know but it's just a personal observation) Probably this lack of willpower is caused by the differences in society's expectations of men and women (it's more acceptable for a woman to behave any way she likes whereas men are expected to be very restrained emotionally), and put that together with the love of shopping many women share, it's a recipe for financial disaster!

ConfirmedCynic · 2011-08-08T01:56:44+00:00

"Only 47 per cent of women are saving enough for retirement, compared with 59 per cent of men"

'Even though the gap is closing, women still earn less than men on average, which makes it harder for them to put money away,'

"Women need to save a much bigger pension pot than men to get the equivalent annual incomes because they live a lot longer, and annuity rates currently pay men more than women."

This article provides a bunch of complex social and economic factors as to why women save less than men. I think your headline is misleading.

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