To many people today being single is an easy choice they make to have more freedom and fewer responsibilities. Being single does not always mean a positive and easier way of life. About twenty years ago people who were single were segregated and were considered outcasts by the society. There were a few people like Mary Helen Washington who had goals and stuck with them and didn't care about what others thought about them.
About twenty to thirty years ago, single men and women were called all kinds of names such as "losers at the marriage game" and were publicly insulted on TV shows. The society was ignorant towards their martial status. When married people encounter with a single person they would right away think that this person has no adult responsibilities and lacks family values. Most of the labeling that the single people got from the society was mainly toward females rather then men.
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