A single woman in the United States, over the course of her lifetime, could end up paying $1,002,096 more than her coupled-up counterparts. Society just doesn’t cater to single people. I’ve been in long-term relationships without a break since I was 16. I’m now almost 27 and am finally starting to understand the awesome side […]
According to Justice Kennedy, folks have two choices: Get married or sentence yourself to a lifetime of wretchedness. In American politics, the married heterosexual couple with children has been the gold standard of normalcy and virtue. They’re the people politicians address in their speeches, the ones they vow to fight for. If you exist outside […]
Fox News says young single women aren’t qualified to vote because they’re all “healthy and hot and running around without a care in the world.” Wait…seriously? Late last month, a panel of Fox News commentators discussed the coming elections when host Kimberly Guilfoyle explained why she didn’t think young single women should vote: “It’s the […]
This originally appeared on Alternet. Republished here with permission. Our view of modern relationships is totally warped. What makes someone “single”? When it comes to official forms, news, and punditry, and even in fictional movies and TV shows, the world seems to be divided into two kinds of people: Married people and single people. But […]
