Single women still feel stigma, study finds

Mar 24, 2010

Ganong and his co-researcher Elizabeth Sharp of Texas Tech University will detail their findings in an upcoming issue of the Journal of Family Issues.

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Social Stigma of Never Married Women

Mar 24, 2010

Ganong and Elizabeth Sharp, associate professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies at Texas Tech University, conducted 32 interviews with middle-class, never-married women who felt that considerable attention was directed at them because of their age and single status. They felt heightened visibility in situations such as bouquet tosses at weddings. These events brought about unwanted, intrusive questions. Feeling invisible, on the other hand, was likely when others made assumptions that they were married and had children or when they had to justify their singlehood. These interactions made them feel that their actual lives weren’t important or went unnoticed.

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Hispanic Honor Society Hosts Second Annual Peace and Security Forum

Mar 24, 2010

tags: College of Education, News Releases

Texas Tech Names Vice Chancellor of Facilities, Planning and Construction

Mar 24, 2010

Michael Molina will oversee all master planning and construction for facilities on each of the three institution’s campuses of the Texas Tech University System.

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