基本説明
A summary of trends over the past fifty years.
Full Description
Following World War II many returning GIs replaced the positions of female war-time workers. As a result, many women were faced with taking boring, low paid positions. As an alternative to this grim prospect, many of these women took advantage of the influx of returning GI bachelors and subsequent demand for wives, and began getting married and starting families, thus beginning the 'baby boom.' As a result, stereotypes were created to explain why some people chose to remain single and the conditions they supposedly faced. These stereotypes were beliefs held to explain the deviants and were in no way proven facts. Being Single on Noah's Ark is a summary of these trends over the past fifty years and further explores studies made in 1980 and 2005 in order to determine whether the stereotypes held about singles were myths or realities.
Contents
Part 1 Part I: A Bit of History
Chapter 2 1 The Traditional Family
Part 3 Part II: Being Single on Noah's Ark
Chapter 4 2 The Growing Singles Population
Chapter 5 3 Singles in the World of the Married
Chapter 6 4 A Changing Awarness
Chapter 7 5 Behind the Titles
Part 8 Part III: Lifestyles
Chapter 9 6 Family Background
Chapter 10 7 Sex in the World of Singles
Chapter 11 8 The Use of Lesisure Time
Chapter 12 9 Do Singles Have More Fun?
Chapter 13 10 Lonliness: The Great Bugaboo
Chapter 14 11 Health Dangers
Part 15 Part IV: Assessments and Projections
Chapter 16 12 The Stereotype Reexamined
Chapter 17 13 The Future
