Sociologist and sex educator Barbara Rothmüller this time with a critique of how single people are disadvantaged in society.
“I’m so tired of having to lie to get a table reservation. Recently I went to the restaurant alone and told the waiter that the other person had canceled. Then he: Do you want to sit at the bar? – No! I want you all to stop hating singles!”
Angelika is in her mid-thirties and has been without a partner for a while. The downsides of being single are annoyed by her. Busy restaurants don’t want to lose a table to just one person. With rising energy prices, this problem has probably been solved after all. Who can afford to eat out regularly? Yet it is not a luxury problem, but a typical example of couple privileges.
Being in a relationship provides people with undeserved benefits, not only in dining out, but also in insurance, socializing, travel and housing. Privileges are granted to couples by society. Couples don’t have to justify themselves.
How many times have you seen someone feel sorry for being single, even if they are perfectly content to be single? For Angelika, the bed is half full – not half empty: “We are good the way we are!” Like many singles, she just wants to be able to participate in social life on the same terms as other people. That should certainly be possible.
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Source: Krone
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