Single People in Advertising, Marketing, and Business
Often, what seems like an obviously smart practice to people in business, feels like discrimination to people who are single. I have discussed this dilemma often, starting in Singled Out…
Single-at-Heart: What Do We Know about It?
First, the exciting news — my Single at Heart book is now available for preorder! WHAT WE KNOW The most comprehensive discussion of what we know about the single at…
Single Parents and their Children: Don’t Believe the Prophecies of Doom
In Singled Out, I devoted a chapter to debunking the myth that the children of single parents are doomed. I described various studies and showed how the results are exaggerated…
Here’s What I Know about Lying and Detecting Lies
Once upon a time, my primary professional interest was in the psychology of deceiving and detecting deceit. I wrote about that in “My previous life as a deception researcher.” Now…
Psychological Inquiry, Double Issue on Singles — Copies Available
In 2005, Wendy Morris and I were invited to write the target article, “Singles in society and in science,” for the journal Psychological Inquiry. This was my very first publication…
Where Are the Single People in the Handbook of Social Psychology?
In the 1990s, when I decided to go beyond just collecting clippings and observations about single life, and look into the state of the published research, I consulted the definitive…
Korean Version of Singled Out!
Yes, you read that correctly. The title of this post says that the cover you see is from the Korean translation of Singled Out (link to the English version is…
Thanks to My Secret Santa!
See that picture of the bumper sticker? Someone sent me two bumper stickers with that message, and I have no idea who that Secret Santa might be. So whoever you…
Consciousness-Raising about Singlism: Taiwan Edition
This past Sunday, the first day of National Singles Week 2012, was such a fun day for me. A journalist from Taiwan who had read the Chinese translation of Singled…