Singletude giveaway contest.

Win a Gift Basket from SingleEdition.com: A Singletude Contest

Elsie, of the singles blog Singltude, in partnership with SingleEdition.com, has decided to offer the possibility to win a gift basket.

I've decided to enter this contest for a few different reasons:

1. Single's have been getting a raw deal for way too long now.

Think of it this way. From the time a little girl can play with dolls, she is exposed, and somewhat primed towards her own fairytale wedding. She plays with her Barbie dolls, and of course her Ken doll in all kinds of arranged scenarios where the end result is going to be like Mom and Dad, happily married with children. She may dress as a princess, or read the story of one, where she gets saved by the handsome Prince. They then go off into the land of happiness, again married and probably with children.
I have nothing against marriage, not at all. I do however have a problem where a woman, and man for that matter, are expected to get married even if they choose to stay single. Let's face it, whether for tax purposes or political posturing, society is geared to benefit the married couple. Not married by the age of thirty? Then obviously there's something wrong with you, right? These thirty-somethings need some help on how to find that right person so they can get hitched!
The little lady of the house needs a man around to, you know, fix things and make the hard decisions. The guy of course needs a wife or else how is he going to eat or sort out his socks? Ok, maybe there's a tad bit of truth in there somewhere, but you get my point I hope. Singles can manage, and do manage, just fine on their own, even with the odds of society against them. It's time that singles are treated as equals in society, or do they have to conquer the over 50% present divorce rate here in the states in order to be equals? You tell me.

2. Singltude's author Elsie is by far one of the best writers on the net today.

Actually, I hadn't really given too much though to the hardships that singles can and do deal with until I came across Singltude. She not only got me interested in the subject, but held my attention from the very beginning with her strong writing style, research abilities and uncanny insight on the subject.


3. Attention needs to be brought to this subject.

Singltude also opened a world of other bloggers on the subject of singles that I love to read on a regular basis. Onely, Singlutionary and Dazilingly Single are just a few. Although I write about relationships, I felt that I should be part of bringing attention to a subject that is sorely in need of attention.

4. Appreciation for those, like Elsie, fighting the good fight!

I have been fighting bigotry, racism, sexism and oppression for most of my life. Being single is not a bad thing for those that want to be single and I think it's time that society realizes it. I think it's time to step up and aid those who are bringing the correct attention needed to the subject. To at least bring awareness. I can help to do that and because of my admiration for those like Elsie fighting the good fight, here I am.