Why men are still turned off by single mothers under 30

Society may have accepted unmarried mums and attitudes towards them may have thawed, but most men still prefer women without kids

In my first semester at the University of Nairobi, I never seduced or tempted to charm a woman into bed. I was a thin, wiry fellow with a repulsive peasant smile. My fashion was provincial at best.

In contrast, many women we joined with were quite enlightened in the ways of the city, and we would bump into them in compromising positions in the college corridors and pathways at twilight in the comforting arms of older male students. We were envious.