Older women are being urged to become lesbians by Relationships Australia, a counselling organisation funded by both Federal and State Governments in Australia.

“As they get over 60, opportunities to get a man diminish substantially. Men marry younger women and they die about eight years younger, so there is a real male shortage,” Mr Carney said.

“And as women get even older it gets much worse, so we ask them to entertain the idea of lesbian relationships.”

That advice may work well for some, but I have a really hard time seeing this as an “appropriate role for government.”