The Art of Living Alone
Alone versus Lonely has come to my attention lately w hen I read that more women are living alone today than at any other time in herstory. Given that therapists in the USA are a little concerned about the emotional health of these millions of women, it piqued my interest. On googling this topic it seems there are many variables when it comes to how people feel about living alone. As I'm a passionate informal researcher (post Social Ecology academia) of our 3rd chapter, I will continue to gather stories, and the next 20 years will no doubt attract much interest from other social researchers. To give you a glimpse of the growing singledom status, let's look at the USA for example. 1/4 of adult American women have never married Divorce has tripled since the 1950's Nearly 12 million women are widows 51% of women live without spouses The number of single person households and life alone has been gathering public health attention especially in re...