Sticking with the older-women-are-hot theme I started on about yesterday, I've found yet another reason not to put much in the way of undue stress on ourselves about looks.

It seems, you see, that unless it's other women you're out to impress ... and how can that be anything but a HUGE waste of time? Unless, of course, you're a lesbian, then it makes sense ... the need to conform to the avereage man-on-the-street's idea of beauty is somewhat overstated these days.

Turns out, there's no need to impress the masculine world as a whole because few and fewer of us need them... for anything.

With fifty-one percent of American women living without benefit of spouse, great male minds are turning to the question: Why don't they want us any more?

(Yes, those of us with spouses appreciate the wonders that are our husbands, love them dearly, worship the turf they tread, are endlessly stunned by their good looks, virility and prowess, and, well, you know ... blah, blah, blah ... )

The article sums up such theories as career-focused upper crust and down-and-out single mothers on welfare as "warmed over conclusions from cold statistics," and comes up with fresh conclusions:

I have no scientific studies or demographic charts to support my conclusions. I do have a gut feeling that data claiming 60 percent of the divorces after age 50 are instigated by women, translates into a heck of a lot of feminine economic security coupled with a determination to toss off the cultural shackles of the ‘60s and ‘70s.

... Why are 51 percent of American women not married? Tap into each generation and you’ll get a different answer, I suspect.

For those of us older than 50, the answer could be as simple as we have an option our mothers never enjoyed: We don’t have to.

And for those who opt to stay single, there's good news from UK's College of Optometrists: self-gratification in the sexual sense does NOT cause blindness.

The 'College" has come up with a list of ten myths about eyes in an attempt to get attention and encourage people to have their eyes tested.

Okay.

In addition to the biggie above, you can also learn that you can't hurt your eyes wearing someone else's glasses or watching too much TV, and that putting Vaseline on your eyelashes will not make them thicker.

So, good news all around today, heh?