I’m very attuned to the often-subtle ways that people stereotype and marginalize single people in their everyday behaviors and conversations. Many times, the people who practice this singlism do not even realize that there is anything wrong with their prejudicial behavior – or even that it is prejudicial. That’s why we need consciousness-raising.
Sometimes, what people say about single people is so crude, and so over-the-top, that it is tempting to dismiss it out of hand. Who would ever take such offensive stuff seriously?
When the person in question is Rush Limbaugh, or others with loud voices and national platforms, then too many people really do believe what they are hearing. Sometimes they not only believe it, they repeat it. They even say such disdainful things to the faces of people they know to be single.
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I’m not sure about the significance of these comments that Marcotte collected. It could be an example of “nutpicking”…ie picking out the most outrageous comments to make a point.
It was more interesting to hear a post-election interview with Rick Santorum, when the topic turned to single women. I noticed that Santorum turned the topic from single women in general to single women with children who are poor who live in poor neighborhoods. Interesting that he didn’t talk about single women without kids or single moms who are well off.
Did you happen to catch Jon Stewart last night? They had a fun skit about single women somehow transforming their perspective with a ring.
Absolutely — that was so awesome! I need to see if there’s a clip of just that part of the show.