Status Quo

Is there a pecking order for women? What I mean, does our society have different levels of respect for women based on their marital and motherhood statuses? Do we respect the married mother more than the single mother? The single childless woman more than the divorced one? Is a widow mother the cream of the crop? Haven't we ever wondered when a women would finally find a man and settle down? Or think to ourselves, when will the newlyweds have children? Do we pereceive a divorcee as a failure? Are we women defined and perceived by our relationship with men and children?