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"You need an apartment alone even if it’s over a garage", declared Helen Gurley Brown in her 1962 bestseller Sex and the Single
"You need an apartment alone even if it’s over a garage", declared Helen Gurley Brown in her 1962 bestseller Sex and the Single
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2016-10-18
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"You need an apartment alone even if it’s over a garage", declared Helen Gurley Brown in her 1962 bestseller Sex and the Single Girl. To Brown, the benefits of solo living were innumerable: it afforded the space to cultivate the self furnish the mind, work late and so on. Young women should enjoy their best years without a husband, she advised, as this not only laid the foundation for stronger marriages but also gave them a lifestyle to fall back on in case they found themselves alone again.
Certainly both sexes have taken it to heart, marrying later, divorcing readily and living alone in larger numbers than ever before. Worldwide, the number of solo dwellers has climbed from 153m in 1996 to 202m in 2006—a 33% jump in a decade, according to Euromonitor International, a market analyst. Yet little is known about the wider social effects of this unprecedented boom, writes Eric Klinenberg. His new book Going Solo offers a comprehensive look at the lures and perils of living alone.
Young adults view it as a rite of passage, a period of personal growth before possibly settling down. Its cultural acceptance has helped to liberate women from bad marriages and oppressive families, granting them a space to return to civic life. And as elderly adults live longer than ever before, often without a partner, many hope to stay independent lor as long as possible, says Mr. Klinenberg.
Solitary living need not mean solitude. The author offers evidence that people who live alone are often more socially active than their cohabitating peers. The "communications revolution" has allowed more people to experience the pleasures of social life from the comforts of home, and cities with high numbers of singletons enjoy a thriving public culture of bars, cafes and restaurants.
Mr. Klinenberg came to this story while working on a book about the lethal Chicago heatwave of 1995, when hundreds of people died alone at home, out of touch with friends and neighbors. The trend for solo living can too easily transform into social isolation. Other concerns include loneliness, discrimination and wor-kaholism.
Women choose solo lifestyle probably because______.
选项
A、they hope to stay independent for as long as possible
B、they treat it as a rite of passage
C、solo life can help liberate them from oppressive families
D、they have no partners
答案
C
解析
事实细节题。第三段指出“文化上对独居的接受让妇女得以从不良婚姻、压抑家庭中解放出来,确保她们能有足够的空间重返普通生活,”由此可知女性选择独居生活是因为独居生活可以帮助她们从压抑家庭中解放出来,故选项C)正确
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