SOCIOL 3CC3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Social Stigma
5 Dec 2017
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Defining singlehood: distinguish between unmarried and never married, definitional ambiguity (1) single as a civil status: Individuals who are not in marriage/common-law, but may be in an intimate relationship ex: boy / girlfriend) (2) single as a social status: Individuals who are not in any intimate relationship. Being single stigmatized: cultural ideology that favours marriage (why?, benefits associated with marriage, negative stereotypes. Singlism: refers to stigma, prejudice & discrimination of/against single in culture favouring marriage. Singlehood: factors & types: being single may be a function of both choice and circumstance (macro, meso, micro, marriage squeeze (sex ratio, social trend) A demographic imbalance in which the number of potential brides or grooms does not approximately equal the number of grooms or brides, causing some people to be squeezed out of the marriage market. Surplus men" (jiang, feldman & li, 2014: stringent fertility policy ( one-child policy) Imbalanced sex ratio (more boys than girls: women"s improved socio-economic status (changing attitudes toward marriage)
