Single Women in Iran: Courage amidst Extraordinary Challenges
Meet a brilliant and brave scholar and activist Recently, I received an email from MahSa Hariri, who described herself as “an Iranian women’s rights activist focusing on the lived experiences and...
View ArticleSocial Security Disparities Are Worse Than You Imagined
We are in the third full week of September and that means that it is National Unmarried and Single Americans Week. The Census Bureau used to issue a press release with relevant facts and figures, but...
View ArticleUnfair Treatment of Solo Travelers
Lately, I’ve been fantasizing about a solo trip to Hawaii toward the end of the year when, even here in sunny California, the days are not so sunny or warm. I spent some time on the Viator site,...
View ArticleWhat Project 2025 Has in Store for Anyone Who Is Not Married with Children
Project 2025, the blueprint for so many of the policies and goals of the current Trump administration, is a document of nearly 900 pages. The White House, with its compliant Republican-led Congress,...
View ArticleMarriage Considered Not Very Important to a Fulfilling Life, U.S. Surveys Show
As we at Unmarried Equality advocate for the rights of people who are not married, we have an advantage that is not widely recognized: adults in the U.S. – and teens, too – do not see marriage as all...
View ArticleSingle with No Kids? In the Political World, That May Be Wielded as an Insult
Marjorie Taylor Greene (MTG), Congressional Representative from Georgia and far-right troll, thought she had landed a devastating shaming blow to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC), Congressional...
View ArticleHow Single People Are Hurt by Trump, Musk, and DOGE
I have always found it exasperating that people who are single are so rarely recognized as one of the groups subject to prejudice, stereotyping, stigmatizing, and discrimination. I also find it...
View ArticleWhat We Missed by Ignoring Marital Status in the 2024 Presidential Election
In the avalanche of election takeaways, a group of ardent Republican supporters has skated by unnoticed, and a group of stalwart Democratic partisans has also been mostly ignored. By now, you’ve heard...
View ArticleWomen Who Have Never Been Married Are Some of the Strongest Supporters of...
It is presidential election season in the US, and polling results are ubiquitous. Many polls from many different polling companies are released every day, and articles about polling results are often...
View ArticleTriggering an Outpouring of Support for Single People: A Wildly Effective and...
I value psychological studies and strategies that not only offer insights and understanding, but also tip the scales toward social justice. I’m particularly interested in justice for single people, who...
View ArticleUnmarried Equality Gets Some Love from an Unlikely Place
In the decades that I have been writing about single people, single life, and singlism, I’ve had one rule: I don’t talk about dating or other attempts by single people to unsingle themselves. I don’t...
View ArticleChallenging a Marriage Enthusiast on NPR
When I was invited to participate in an hour-long debate, “Married or Single?”, I jumped at the chance. The show is Open to Debate, moderated by John Donvan, who used to be ABC’s White House...
View ArticleThe Stunning Dismissiveness of the Systematic Disadvantaging of Single People
I just had the great good fortune of participating in an hour-long show that will air on many NPR stations, probably in July. The show is Open to Debate, moderated by John Donvan, and “Married or...
View ArticleFor Lasting Social Change, Single People Need More Than Tolerance
Ever since my new book, Single at Heart: The Power, Freedom, and Heart-Filling Joy of Single Life, was published in December, something magical has happened: more and more people have let it be known...
View ArticleMarginalizing Single Women Voters Comes at a Cost to Candidates
Recently, I had the great honor of talking to Elisa Batista of UltraViolet about the power and potential of single women, and of course my Single at Heart book. In case you are not already familiar...
View ArticleHow Friends Can Be Protected and Benefitted in the Law
In the US, hundreds of laws benefit and protect only people who are legally married. Advocates of fairness for single people have proposed many ways in which laws and policies could be reimagined to...
View ArticleUnderstanding What Single People Appreciate about Single Life: Another Road...
Ordinarily, in this Unmarried Equality blog, I focus on matters relevant to social policies and social justice. I’m now thinking that it would be useful to cast a broader net. I’ve been talking to many...
View ArticleWhat Is the One Change That Would Be Most Beneficial to Single People?
Since Single at Heart: The Power, Freedom, and Heart-Filling Joy of Single Life was published on December 5, I’ve been asked hundreds of questions by readers, reporters, scholars, podcasters, and TV...
View ArticleCNBC Asks Why It Is So Expensive to Be Single in the U.S.
The business news channel CNBC took a serious look at the issue, “Why it’s so expensive to be single in the U.S.,” airing a video of more than 12 minutes – impressive, considering that many segments on...
View ArticleThe Census Bureau Commemorates Singles Week Because of Thomas F. Coleman
The third full week of September is Unmarried and Single Americans Week. The Census Bureau has been commemorating that event for 20 years. That is no small thing in a nation so smitten by marriage, a...
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