Singlehood...: Gay and Lesbian Couples vs. the Marriage Movement
Sixty percent of Americans consider homosexual relations wrong, a figure that has decreased since the 1970s but is still out of step with other advanced industrial nations. Twenty-nine percent of gay men and 44 percent of lesbians currently live in...
Singlehood...: Demographics and Myths of Single Life
The single population in the United States includes a broad spectrum of people: the never marrieds, those who have been married but are divorced or widowed; and gays and lesbians who are not allowed to marry. Demographically, more women live alone...
Singlehood...: Costs and Benefits of Cohabitation
In general there are fewer legal supports for cohabiting singles including health and life insurance. However, singles who share a life together report the relationship provides them with greater freedom to be themselves, to share finances, and to e...
Singlehood...: Why People Cohabitate
In the last fifty years, the number of cohabiting singles in the United States has mushroomed. Among whites, cohabitation is an experiment, a kind of trial marriage. For African- or Mexican-Americans, cohabitation is more often an alternative or su...
Singlehood...: Co-housing Communities
Katie and Keith Foster have been part of a co-housing community since their days in college. Now with five children, they find that such a community provides them with the support and security they need. Living quarters are balanced between each f...
Singlehood...: Changing Attitudes Toward Singlehood
Generations ago, people focused on finding an appropriate person to marry, raising a family, and creating an economic partnership that would last a lifetime. Being single, in fact, had negative connotations. Today, a large contingent of people ch...