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A few weekends ago in the Guardian, Professor Sarah Churchwell confronted the ghost of Bridget Jones and the persistent stereotype of the dismal singleton. More »
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In a poll of 2,000 women in their mid-20s, 78% said that the ideal age for marriage is 26, and having kids a year later. 10 years ago, the ideal age was in one's 30s. What the hell happened? More »
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BoingBoing's Lisa Katayama writes of a woman in San Francisco who walked into a restaurant, requested a table for two, and unfolded a three-foot cardboard cutout of a man, with whom she had dinner. Art project? Maybe. Or: Loneliness. More »
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Former Gawker editor Doree Shafrir's story in today's New York Observer is about being an unmarried woman. Or more precisely, what people think of unmarried women. She writes: More »
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Despite the prevailing stereotype that women live in a candy-colored fantasy world with unrealistic relationship expectations, a new book by "playboy" Carl Weisman says that over 30% of confirmed bachelors avoid marriage because they "won't settle for anything less than perfection," reports Reuters. Weisman's book, So Why Have You Never Been Married?: 10 Insights Into Why He Hasn't Wed, includes a survey of 1,533 heterosexual men discussing why they've never tied the knot. They not only fear marrying the wrong person, they also fear losing their money in a messy split. Of course, the implication is that these men remain bachelors by choice, and not by circumstance, enjoying the swinging single life as long as their graying bodies hold out. Often the stereotype of single women is that they are desperate to wed, though according to the Telegraph, that Bridget Jones-ian preconception might be shifting, at least across the pond. More »
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Hey, freemales! Yes, you, single ladies. In addition to being a stain the fabric of society by not being married, you are ruining the entire planet. According to a story in today's Guardian, energy conservation goals are being fouled up by "singletons." In its publication called Social Trends, the UK's Office for National Statistics reported tat recycling has increased from 7% to 31% over the last 10 years and domestic waste going to landfills has fallen from 84% to 58%. Yay! But energy consumed by lighting and electrical appliances has increased by 136% over the past 30 years, boo. And part of the problem? "Changing family structures." More »
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Ah, the holidays. Time to see family, and, if you're single, hear those words that may cause you to feel, as we say, stabby: "Why aren't you married yet?" But it's not just meddling mothers who ask — friends who've tied the knot can be even worse. Reports the San Jose Mercury News, the "smug marrieds" are just one of the many hazards to be faced at the holidays. Alesandra Valenzuela, of San Jose, CA, is 34 and single. She says her married friends got back from their honeymoon and were "all proud of themselves." She laments, "They acted like they had all of their pieces together and I was stuck eating frozen pizza and living in a house with laundry on the floor. Something changed." Stacy Kaiser, an L.A. psychotherapist, says that women who have put their careers ahead of getting married are not off the hook. "There is almost a pity there [from married women]... they look down at the single woman as they think, 'I'm tired of that and I don't have to do that anymore.'" More »
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This summer, the New York Observer has been re-running Candace Bushnell's Sex And The City columns from 1995. We've thought about asking them why, but we know they'll just say something about how "they're as relevant now as they were then" when we know the answer is really, "so we don't have to pay anyone to write something to fill the space". But now Forbes is getting in on the '90s action! For its "special report" on singles, reporter Leslie Talbot (above) brings the shocking news that single people feel they are discriminated against. Talbot says she's become inured to the social pressure to find a mate and the criticism of her single status: "I've heard it all," she writes. "Selfish? Check. Immature? Check. Emotionally unstable? Check. Too picky for my own good? Check, check, and check." More »
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• China is creating a female-run district where women make all the decisions and men have to wash the dishes. [Salon]

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