Are the estimated 93 million single adults in this country—more than 30 million of them age 50-plus—treated unfairly? Bella DePaulo, 53, a visiting professor of psychology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, argues the case in her new book, Singled Out: How Singles Are Stereotyped, Stigmatized, and Ignored, and Still Live Happily Ever After (St. Martin's Press). Writer Julia M. Klein talked to DePaulo about the prejudice she calls "singlism." … Back to Article
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