As a guy, I feel you pain. Well, I feel something.
I think you’ll find it’s only a certain type of man that we find unpleasant. Most men are awesome and I enjoy a good one whenever opportunity presents. It’s the "You women deliberately make it so hard to get your panties off/why do you date jerks/but you girls dig confidence so go out with me/PUA guys we aren’t inclined to entertain. Treat us like people and if the attraction is there: panties on the floor. Regard us as a means to your satisfaction: we’ll politely decline and bitch about you right here in the appropriate forum.
Gee I wonder what the first thing women do to detect if a man be single ?
Answer: The same damn thing that men do, check for a ring.
Wow, I thought that since pornos lied about how awesome it was to be a pizza delivery guy, they were also lying about the lesbian threesome popularity. Ignorance fought! Why the hell aren’t you writing staff reports about this kind of stuff?
I can only speak for myself, but by the time I’ve decided a man is appealing, I know enough about him to determine his eligibility even if he isn’t wearing an engagement ring (they don’t) or wedding band (they seem to wear them less often than women.)
Not once in my life have I ever thought hmm, no ring. Fair game!
Chill, brah. I’m a dame too, and have also been hit on inappropriately. Kinda sucks a lot of asshole. Still, I’m not seeing how this went from “It’s a bummer when a woman I’m attracted to is taken” to “I hate your ovaries, foul wench!”
Bullshit.
Us men know as well just because a woman isn’t wearing a ring doesn’t mean she’s fair game. But it’s the first thing both men and women look for if you find a person attractive.
It’s ok to admit it there’s nothing wrong with it.
I really don’t consider every man I stumble across to be a potential partner, so the presence or absence of ring isn’t an important piece of information. Definitely not the first thing I notice or look for.
I know, right? I think some people need to get laid. 
As I said before, a ton of unmarried women consider themselves unavailable and will turn you down. It’s no longer useful, as a matter of statistics, to just be able to identify those who are legally married on sight.
Really, if we were living in times in which a wedding ring would make it that much more simple, then, really, we would be in a time in which knowing that a woman has a child would also be a reliable signal that she’s off limits.
And why is it a lot simpler? You’re basically just trying to get one more small bit of information. It’s not hard to get, and there’s no significant difference in embarrassment, humiliation, or loss of dignity in adding that one question—“are you married?” if you are already planning to follow up with “do you want to go out?”
And aside from the rational considerations, it’s just not reasonable for you to demand that married women must advertise their “vagina occupied” status just to save you a moment’s awkwardness.
Hey, I thought you are married and had a baby to feed, no wonder you aren’t looking. 
Most women have selection criteria beyond presence/absence of penis. Thus, even if we are unattached and looking, there is some filtering going on.
Eh, I check for a ring when I meet a cute fellow as a preliminary weeding type process. Not that I potentially want to go out with every non-married guy I meet, but they, as a group, are more interesting than the married guys at least as potential dating material.
Yes, yes, the poor man is just there to do his job and I shouldn’t be objectifying him by chatting with him and idly wondering if he’s available, but I’m a very bad person so it’s ok.
That’s true! But I never wear a wedding ring, or any jewelry at all. And I’m not about to put on a ring so strange guys know not to mack on me before finding out the most basic information about my existence. Compliments and banter are welcome, being spanked with an indignant “Well why aren’t you wearing a ring?!?” not so welcome. At least I can laugh about those boneheads here
Hell I idly wonder all kinds of interesting things about men at work, I just don’t put them on the spot until after I’ve at least pretended to have an interest in their lives. Gotta warm them up first.
You are perhaps taking this in slightly more grave a manner than the OP was intended.
Although that might not be a bad idea. Next time I get married, I’m going to buy a “Vagina Occupied” tee shirt. Perhaps an accompanying fleece as well for the winter weather.
nvm
Sorry about that. Don’t wear a ring either.*
*for one thing, given the number of times my occupation demands hand-washing in the course of a day, a ring would long ago have turned green or accidentally fallen down a drain.
That’s a good question. It will require a lot of field work, I can tell.