The message from the media was one of constant nagging and blame, such as the famous Newsweek cover that asserted (wrongly) that an older single woman had more likelihood of being in a terrorist attack than of finding a husband. The whole narrative, as the writer Susan Faludi correctly perceived, was not about marriage at all; it reflected a backlash against feminism.
媒体上永远充斥着唠叨和埋怨，比如著名的新闻周刊封面，竟然荒谬地声称单身老女人遇到恐怖袭击的概率大于找到丈夫的概率。按照作家苏珊·法吕迪德理解，整篇文章根本与婚姻无关，它所体现的是对女权主义的敌意和仇视。