As part of our continuing discussion of singlism and matrimania in pictures, I just had to share the image of this sleep shirt. Fits right in with the “you are my everything” and “I just want to be your everything” mentality that is part of the culture of intensive coupling.
Recently, my friend and colleague Wendy Morris sent me the picture of this billboard. (In case the words are hard to see, it says, “Married people earn more money.”) Wendy is a terrific singles scholar and she is providing guidance to the next generation of researchers. One of her students, Kate Maloney, first noticed the billboard. (Thanks, Kate and Wendy!) Kate was offended by the crass message that people should marry for money. Wendy objected to the discrimination that factors into married people’s greater haul.
