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 \nINTEGRITY,September 1954,Vol.8,No.12  \nSEX AND THE SINGLE WoMANby Anne Riley2  \nMARRIED AND SINGLEby Dorothy Dohen10  \nTHE SINGLE WOMAN:HER NEEDSby Henrietta Hronek21  \nVoCATION To GODAnonymous27  \nSINGLE MEN—AFRAID To MARRY?by Ed Willock34  \nCOMMENTS38  \nBooK REVIEWS43  \nIntegrity is published by lay Catholics and devotedto the integration of religion and life for our times.  \nPublished monthly by Integrity Publishing Co.,Inc.,157 East 38thStreet,New York 16,N.Y.,MU-5-8125.Edited by DorothyDohen.Re-entered as Second Class Matter May 11,1950 at thePost Office in New York,N.Y.under the Act of March 3,1879.All single copies 25c each;yearly subscriptions:Domestic $3.00,Canadian $3.50,Foreign $4.00.  \nR.C.Heser452E.ShadltStkron,MI  \n# Editorial\n\n民E admit frankly that this single women issue is one of themost troublesome we’ve ever put out.It is only too easy togive general solutions to the question of what unwillingly-singlewomen should do with their lives,but it is extremely difficult(andpractically impossible in a magazine)to give personal solutions;yet it is a very personal answer that each single woman desires.There is the temptation then to take the easy way out and offerthe convent or the secular institute as the anchor for all theCatholic single women floating around.Needless to say though,no vocation should be chosen—unconsciously or not—as an out-let,an escape.When it is,not only does the work itself sufferbut the person's unhappiness only increases.Yet it is true thatthe single woman should not be left to drift,to her own greatmisery and to the detriment of the Church and society to whichshe should be making a definite contribution.That is why shehas a need for individual guidance.Spiritual direction to help herfind God's will—yes;but she achieves her supernatural destinythrough an earthly vocation,and the unhappy single woman mayneed psychological help as well.  \nFor instance,she may blame her hapless state on the eightmillion bachelors over thirty.Or she mav comfort herself thatshe wouldn't stoop to the husbands her married friends were will-ing to accept,or to embrace the tactics they employed in husbandhunting.(This latter rationalization was advocated in a Catholicpaper as advice to single women.)But by doing so she is buildingherself defenses that are not going to weather the storms and ad-versities of the single life.The same reasons that may have kepther from getting married—such as overdependence on her parents,fear of men,emotional immaturity—are going to stand in her wayif she tries to devote herself to charitable or apostolic work.Sheneeds help therefore to grow toward emotional maturity,for onlyas a mature woman will she be able to fulfill her personal voca-tion—whether it be to physical or to spiritual motherhood.  \nTHE EDITOR  \nX  \n# Sex and the Single Woman\n\nby ANNE RILEY  \nA singl womanpoints out te difficultiesof leading a chaste life in today's world.  \nNo one minimizes the heroism of Catholic married couples who“accept all the children the Lord sends them”in these times ofcrisis and uncertainty.But at least the married couples have anaccepted vocation,and are given moral support by their Catholicfriends and neighbors,and by the spokesmen of their Church.  \nThe heroic aspects of the day-to-day life of the Catholicsingle woman in the world are neither adequately recognized norcomprehended by our priests and hierarchy.What follows is asmall attempt to clarify some of these aspects.  \nLet's face it.We are living in a time when virginity isno longer prized.The reasonably attractive woman who meetsmen in her daily work,is bound to encounter situations which tryher soul—and her body—in a special way.I asked a very per-sonable unmarried woman,now doing a rather outstanding workfor the Catholic Church here and abroad,what her biggest prob-lem as a single woman was.I tho","cbCaihsmsYy75NTP","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaihsmsYy75NTP","pdf",2047238,52,"English","# Editorial\n# Sex and the Single Woman\n## Comments\n## Book Reviews","[{\"question\":\"Why does the editorial say general solutions are hard to provide for single women?\",\"answer\":\"Because what single women need is deeply personal, and magazines make it difficult to give individual guidance that matches each person’s situation.\"},{\"question\":\"What warning does the editorial give about choosing a vocation as an escape?\",\"answer\":\"It cautions that choosing a convent or similar path unconsciously as an outlet can harm both the work itself and the person’s happiness, increasing unhappiness instead of relieving it.\"},{\"question\":\"What is the central difficulty discussed in Anne Riley’s article?\",\"answer\":\"Riley focuses on the challenges of maintaining a chaste life and the emotional burden of persistent pressure and questions from clergy and hierarchy about why the woman is not married.\"}]","INTEGRITY - September 1954 - Vol. 8 - No. 12 | PDF",1790653653,131]