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I suspect, though I have no figures for it, that the majority of single mums are not single mums because they chose that path. However, the fact that it is socially acceptable for women to bring up a child alone does somewhat free women from the constraints of living in a world where they will have moral opprobrium heaped upon them if they happen to get unlucky in bed. The fact that a small minority of women actually choose not to co-parent doesn't outweigh that for me.
I will admit, that a few years ago when I was giving serious consideration to whether or not I want children at some point, I did think that I would only really want to do that if I could be a single parent. Why? Because most men I know, whilst lovely and reasonable much of the time, have a tendency to be a little overbearing at times. What is vocalised as a fifty-fifty decision making process, for instance, actually means he gets final veto ( a little like rk's view on abortion). I had a hard enough time not physically killing my ex when we were rearing a puppy. If there had been a child in the mix I would be in jail by now :P
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