<P> The 1986 cover of Newsweek featured an article that said `` women who were n't married by 40 had a better chance of being killed by a terrorist than of finding a husband '' . Newsweek eventually apologized for the story and in 2010 launched a study that discovered 2 in 3 women who were 40 and single in 1986 had married since . The story caused a `` wave of anxiety '' and some `` skepticism '' amongst professional and highly educated women in the United States . The article was cited several times in the 1993 Hollywood film Sleepless in Seattle starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan . Comparisons have been made with this article and the current rising issues surrounding the social stigma of unwed women in Asia called sheng nu . </P>
<P> The 1986 cover of Newsweek featured an article that said `` women who were n't married by 40 had a better chance of being killed by a terrorist than of finding a husband '' . Newsweek eventually apologized for the story and in 2010 launched a study that discovered 2 in 3 women who were 40 and single in 1986 had married since . The story caused a `` wave of anxiety '' and some `` skepticism '' amongst professional and highly educated women in the United States . The article was cited several times in the 1993 Hollywood film Sleepless in Seattle starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan . Comparisons have been made with this article and the current rising issues surrounding the social stigma of unwed women in Asia called sheng nu . </P>
in 1986 newsweek ran a story called the marriage crunch which stated
in 1986 newsweek ran a story called the marriage crunch which stated
`` women who were n't married by 40 had a better chance of being killed by a terrorist than of finding a husband ''
`` women who were n't married by 40 had a better chance of being killed by a terrorist than of finding a husband ''