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Continue reading →: Deficit Narratives of Single Life Are Perpetuated When Systems of Inequality Are Ignored
July 1, 2023 by Bella DePaulo I took my first steps toward studying singlehood, and not just practicing it, in 1992. I wasn’t surprised to find that single people were stereotyped and stigmatized in popular culture. I was dismayed that the same kinds of put-downs appeared even in prestigious nonacademic…
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Continue reading →: What Is the One Change That Would Be Most Beneficial to Single People?
December 31, 2023 by Bella DePaulo 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 hosts. Most relevant to the concerns of people who care about fairness to…
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Continue reading →: Understanding What Single People Appreciate about Single Life: Another Road to Progress
February 1, 2024 by Bella DePaulo 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 people in the media since my new book, Single…
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Continue reading →: How Friends Can Be Protected and Benefitted in the Law
March 3, 2024 by Bella DePaulo 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 put unmarried Americans on equal footing with married Americans. In…
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Continue reading →: For Lasting Social Change, Single People Need More Than Tolerance
April 23, 2024 by Bella DePaulo 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 that they want to be single at heart. They want…
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Continue reading →: The Stunning Dismissiveness of the Systematic Disadvantaging of Single People
May 30, 2024 by Bella DePaulo 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 single?” was the topic. As I challenged the…
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Continue reading →: Challenging a Marriage Enthusiast on NPR
June 29, 2024 by Bella DePaulo 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 correspondent and has won 4 Emmys. The show will…
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Continue reading →: Triggering an Outpouring of Support for Single People: A Wildly Effective and Unexpected Strategy
September 30, 2024 by Bella DePaulo 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 are systematically disadvantaged in laws, policies, the workplace, the marketplace, the health care system,…
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Continue reading →: How Single People are Hurt by Trump, Musk, and DOGE
February 27, 2025 by Bella DePaulo 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 disappointing that most DEI programs (diversity, equity, and inclusion) are not all that…
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Continue reading →: Social Security Disparities Are Worse Than You Imagined
September 27, 2025, by Bella DePaulo 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 for the past several years, they have not…
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