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…
Discriminatory Housing Policies in the Military: Guest Post by Dale Nyhus
[Bella’s intro: When rental agents have an option to rent a property to a married couple, a cohabiting couple, or a pair of friends, they favor the married couple very…
People Deny Singlism Exists and Get Mad at You for Pointing It Out. Why?
Unlike other isms that are more widely recognized, singlism (the stereotyping, stigmatizing, and discrimination against single people) is not on most people’s radar. What’s more, if they do hear about…
Housing for Singles: Buying Homes, Housing Discrimination, and Living Arrangements
For many single people, home is where their heart is. Here’s what we know about single people buying homes, getting discriminated against in the housing market, and finding and creating…
Fairness for Single People: New Initiative for Calling Out Unfair and Fair Practices
Unmarried Equality members have probably noticed lots of ways in which single people are not treated fairly by businesses and other groups and organizations. Let’s do more than just rolling…
What the Heck is Singlism? [SPONSORED POST]
Almost all singles have experienced it, being discriminated because you are not married. It is everywhere, from the media, advertisements, your workplace, even your friends and family. You know what…
Older Single People: Here’s What We Know
According to the prevailing cultural narratives, single people in later life have two big things going against them: They are single and they are old. Now focus on the older…
Health Care and Illness in the Lives of People Who Are Single
In too many ways, single people get lower quality health care than married people do (as I noted in Singled Out), or they face more obstacles to getting the care…
Singles in the Workplace
Are single people treated unfairly in the workplace? Here are some of my writings on this topic and other issues related to single people and their work and careers. SINGLISM…