What makes women want to give up on relationships with men altogether?

It's not unusual for women who've been mistreated by men to avoid them altogether. And women who are mistreated by men are very common. Over 1/4 of American women have been victims of domestic violence, and the incidence of sexual assault is even higher. In some places the statistics are far worse. There was a time when many women were financially dependent upon men, and women were expected--even if not constrained by circumstances--to marry, or at the very least, to partner off. Now that women are more likely to achieve financial independence, is it any wonder they would choose to live independently? Many men do, but you don't question them. I think, perhaps, the real question here is, why do you think this is strange? What are the underlying assumptions you have about women that make this behavior questionable?

It could  have a lot to do with rejection, a lot of men seem to be automatically geared to pursue a women 10 years younger and society seems to actively encourage, and yes even us women to a degree. When I was in my teens and early twenties, I took the decision not to date, it didn't seem desirable they way I had to make my life revolve among the guy and also I attracted nothing but men who were 10-15 years older then me, it seemed exploitive their interest. Now  in my early 30s I find older men 37+ attractive but they seem to be still chasing the twenty year olds and then complain they expect them to preform all night. The ones I have met closer to my age 1-2 years difference seem strange they are lost and frankly some of them weren't very nice. These days you don't need to marry a guy to have a child and some guys don't feel they need to marry you either, I'm thinking friends and a sperm donor is all I need which is pretty much how I felt as a 13 year old but was waiting for my experience of relationships to prove me wrong, it hasn't.

I feel the same way and I just turned 28. Its just that Ive been dating since I am 14 and some of the resulted in 2 years relashionship but during that time it really draged me down both emotionally and mentally. Carreer wise I do much much better when I am single. So to be honest I just feel really exausted when it happends it happends but until then I really don't go out of my way to meet men.