Some unattached female 30-somethings refer to themselves, half-joking, as 'loser dogs,' after a 2004 Japanese book on the same phenomenon in that country. In Taiwan, their spending power hasn't gone unnoticed: A real-estate company recently advertised a small, ritzy apartment as ideal for 'loser dogs.' This economic muscle is part of what gives women the freedom to embrace the single life.

30歲以上的未婚女性半開玩笑地稱自己是“敗犬”，這個名字來源于2004年日本出版的一本講述同一現象的書。在臺灣，該群體的消費能力并沒有被忽視。一家房地產公司最近在給一種小戶型豪華公寓打廣告，稱其專門為“敗犬族”量身定做。這種經濟能力也是女性可以自由選擇單身生活的原因之一。