What We Really Know About Single Life
This page started out as a collection of critiques of studies of married vs. single people. I have now expanded it to include collections of writings on all sorts of…
Who Counts as Single? What Should the Different Kinds of Single People Be Called?
Who counts as single? There is more than one possible answer. Who counts as family if you are single and have no kids? What should we call adults who have…
Singlism in the Navy: Guest Blogger Continues the Debate
[Bella’s intro: In Singled Out, I wrote a section called “The Command Team Wears Wedding Bands,” in which I described instances of singlism (stereotyping, stigmatizing, and discrimination against singles) in…
Single Men Are Too Often Marginalized, But Not – I Hope – by Me
Recently, a reader asked: “Is there, or will there, ever be anything for single men? Why is there so much about single women but hardly anything for single men?” I…
To Ann Romney, All Women Are Mothers and the Children of Single Dads Feel Weird
Speaking to the Republican National Convention last night, Ann Romney exclaimed that she loved women. (Well, not that way.) I don’t think she realizes, though, that not all women are…
Single in the Navy, Part 2: Guest Post by Roger Morris
[Bella’s intro: If you have not yet read Part 1 from guest blogger and Navy veteran Roger Morris, you can find it here. Now, on to Part 2 and the…
Single in the Navy, Part 1: Guest Post by Roger Morris
[Bella’s intro: Recently, a retired Navy veteran, Roger Morris, wrote to say that while he believed there was some singlism in the Navy, he also thought there were advantages to…
How to Become a Guest Blogger
I love featuring voices other than mine here at “All Things Single (and More).” Although I read widely about single life, think critically, study the academic journals, and do my…