The couple norm in single men’s digital stories

IF 1.1 3区社会学 Q3 FAMILY STUDIES

Families Relationships and Societies Pub Date : 2023-02-17 DOI:10.1332/204674321x16736139840409

Anu Kinnunen, I. Pietilä

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Abstract

The number of people living alone is increasing in Finland (OSF, 2020a; 2020b), in Europe (Eurostat, 2020a) and globally. Individualisation is growing, and many public institutions are adjusting to the rising number of single clientele. At the same time, the couple norm persists, and monogamous partnering is still often seen as the most appropriate way to organise intimate adult life. In this study, we analysed the written stories of 19 single men aged 29–64 and found that the couple norm was predominant in their stories. Internalisation of the norm caused feelings of inadequacy, a lack of self-appreciation and uncertainty about the future. Many men attributed their singlehood to events in their past and felt a lack of agency at present.

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在单身男性的数字故事中，情侣是常态

芬兰独居的人数正在增加(OSF, 2020a;2020b)，在欧洲(Eurostat, 2020a)和全球。个性化正在增长，许多公共机构正在适应单身客户数量的增加。与此同时，夫妻规范仍然存在，一夫一妻制伙伴关系仍然被视为组织亲密成人生活的最合适方式。在这项研究中，我们分析了19位年龄在29-64岁的单身男性的书面故事，发现夫妻规范在他们的故事中占主导地位。规范的内化导致了不足感、缺乏自我欣赏和对未来的不确定性。许多男性将他们的单身归因于过去发生的事情，目前感到缺乏能动性。

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Families Relationships and Societies FAMILY STUDIES-

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2.10

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14.30%

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期刊介绍： Families, Relationships and Societies (FRS) is a vibrant social science journal advancing scholarship and debates in the field of families and relationships. It explores family life, relationships and generational issues across the life course. Bringing together a range of social science perspectives, with a strong policy and practice focus, it is also strongly informed by sociological theory and the latest methodological approaches. The title ''Families, Relationships and Societies'' encompasses the fluidity, complexity and diversity of contemporary social and personal relationships and their need to be understood in the context of different societies and cultures. International and comprehensive in scope, FRS covers a range of theoretical, methodological and substantive issues, from large scale trends, processes of social change and social inequality to the intricacies of family practices. It welcomes scholarship based on theoretical, qualitative or quantitative analysis. High quality research and scholarship is accepted across a wide range of issues. Examples include family policy, changing relationships between personal life, work and employment, shifting meanings of parenting, issues of care and intimacy, the emergence of digital friendship, shifts in transnational sexual relationships, effects of globalising and individualising forces and the expansion of alternative ways of doing family. Encouraging methodological innovation, and seeking to present work on all stages of the life course, the journal welcomes explorations of relationships and families in all their different guises and across different societies.