little girls should be seen and not heard

They say that girls should be seen and not heard...well in this country i think that little girls of a particular background should not ever be seen what more heard...why cover yourself so you will never ever be seen by the public especially the opposite sex for why harm will come to you when you so much as show a little skin on your fingers...women are kept away from exposure from the world and even from being exposed to the opposite sex until they reach a particular age where it is not proper for them to be alone and they are now pressured to find themselves a man and get married before the clock strikes on their 30th birthday.
I cannot believe that in this day and age, being single at a particular age is considered the greatest failure in one's life. Never mind if you are a successful lawyer who churns a heck load of money and is able to achieve all that to you makes yourself a success story, if your not married, well meaning relatives and your parents cry endlessly that you are still 'so alone'. If that is the do all and end all of life, why bother with everything else? why study? just focus on being extremely beautiful...or on the intricacies of home making...i mean who needs a smart and witty wife rite?
Ok I'm ranting unnecessarily. Sadly i have to admit that I do sometimes fall into this very narrow school of thought, but only when it comes to myself...there are days when i think "what the hell is wrong with me to be still single?" i mean we all have that days (and it comes every month on a precise date if you know what i mean) but the thing is there is so much more to life then that and i think that sometimes so many of us are so caught up in that train of thought that we forget to just enjoy the day for what it is worse still, we forget to thank god for all the beautiful gifts that he has given to us like our friends, family, our wit, the fact that we are smart beautiful independent women who have that good safety net to fall on at our weakest moments.
I'm not going to be a hypocrite here and say that I'm so happy being single that I never want to be with someone. In fact, it is my dream to someday be one of those women who have it all...the career, the family, the great wonderful guy who I'll always be crazy about till the day i die (note the word dream here)...but for now, all I'm saying is let it just be...be happy the way you are...and if there is someone who is still single and is 'old' well, maybe that is the way she wants to be...who are you to judge and pity her...because thing is...no one likes to be pitied...unless you're like one of my dogs of course =)