As I wrote about in my previous blog entries, I read a very interesting article by Kate Bolick, who cites Bella DePaulo. DePaulo, a social psychologist, created the term “singlism”, which is the “stigmatizing of adults who are single [and] includes negative stereotyping of singles and discrimination against singles”. In her book, Singled Out, she …
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In Bolick’s article, “All The Single Ladies”, her focus is not sexual, it is more anthropological, but she does discuss sex. She quotes Robert H. Frank, who states that, “When available women significantly outnumber men, which is the case on many college campuses today, courtship behavior changes in the direction of what men want…. If …
Continue Reading“All The Single Ladies” — A three part series.
Part One — To Marry or Not to Marry? All The Single Ladies is the title of a well-known Beyonce song. It is also the title of an article written by Kate Bolick in the November issue of the Atlantic. I loved the piece. Bolick talks about the history of being single both nationally and internationally. …
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