For many young women, the dream of independence and a home of their own is a tantalising goal, while a lifetime devoted solely to catering for another person's needs would be hard to countenance.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The American Dream is independence and being able to create that dream for yourself.
Women today are dealing with both their independence and also the fact that their lives are built around finding and satisfying the romantic models we grew up with.
Women are living independently, but we don't yet have the social and economic policies behind us to support that independence.
The whole dream of having your own place is great, but the reality is having to cook and clean yourself and do the washing and make sure there's milk in the fridge. But you have to grow up some time.
I believe women should be independent and have their own life. But I also think that when a couple decides to have a family, things change because you need to live in unison.
People seem to think that life began with the achievement of personal independence.
My desire is to be as independent as I can be, as long as I can be, subject to being effective.
I built my entire life on the idea of independence.
Our parents have always encouraged us to be independent and dream big.
For women especially, it's important to be financially independent.
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