“Leftoverwomen”isatermthatreferstowomenwhoremainunmarriedintheirlatetwentiesandbeyond.Somepeopleregardleftoverwomenasasocialforcetobereckonedwith”,whileothershavearguedthatthetermshouldbetakenasapositivetermtomean“successfulwomen”.Ina2010ChineseNationalMarriageSurvey,itwasreportedthat9outof10menbelievethatwomenshouldbemarriedbeforetheyare27yearsold.InChinaleftoverwomenaremostlywell-educatedmiddleclass.Womentodayaremorefreeandabletoliveindependentlyincomparisontopreviousgenerations.