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Being Single In A Couples’ World: Gender Roles, Identity, And Contentment

By: Kaye V. Cook, Howard E. Frost | October 31, 1993

For many people today, singleness feels like an embarrassment, a reason for apology, a motivation for therapy. We are asked if we are “called” to singleness, but no one ever asks if one is “called” to marriage. We have to “deal with” singleness. No one ever talks about “dealing with” marriage, although all marriages are [...]

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The Never-Married Woman: Coping in a Couple-Dominant Society

By: Kristin L. Ellens | October 31, 1993

In this article I will explore some of the positives, negatives, problems and solutions experienced by the never-married woman as she lives and ages within the framework of a couple-dominant society.

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A Home for One

By: Evelyn Bence | July 30, 1991

Home. What does it mean to someone who lives alone? Countless sermons, seminars, and songs, which define the word in terms of people, make one’s own rooms and furnishings seem less than adequate, less than deserving of the warm word. 

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“The Desires of Thine Heart”

By: Evelyn Bence | April 30, 1990

I flushed with embarrassment. Desire for a soul-mate was something I felt all too keenly, but something I talked about with only a few close friends. Although I looked for him, the man of my dreams had not ridden – on a horse or in a sports car – over the horizon. For my emotional survival, desire [...]

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