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By JOHN KOZMA and
WALTENE G. VAUGHN
Gamecock Staff Writers
Many Droblems of single Dersons
stem from society's assumption '
that singlehood is a transitional
state leading to marriage, leaving
the role of the single undefined, a
sociological expert claims.
In a Tuesday night lecture at
Gambrell Hall entitled "Beyond
the Black Family," Dr. Robert
Staples, professor of sociology at
the University of California, San
Francisco, addressed the reasons
why more Americans and blacks in
particular are remaining single.
"The primary motivation for
marriage does not exist anymore,"
Staples said. The pattern in the
past was that women held off
sexual gratification until they i
found a mate with the desired
socio-economic status. Now,
however, women are more independent
and are able to seek
status on their own.
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Most black women not married by
the age of 30 have gone to college,
while most black men remaining
unmarried at 30 have only finished
the 10th grade and have an income
of about $3,500.
Also, he said since the social]
norms on sex have been relaxed,
men don't have to wait until'
marriage to engage in sex;
whereas in the past they usually
were faced with the "because
lady" who always answered a
man's proposition with "because."\
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Therefore sex was reserved until
marriage.
Another reason for the rising
proportion of unmarried black
women is what Staples calls a
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serious imbalance in the sex
ratio."
The present ratio, 82 black
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the life expectancy of black males
is declining, and those who don't
die often end up in prison or hooked
on drugs.
Dr. Staples studied the implications
of singlehood by conducting
about 100 taped interviews
and sending questionaires to 300
black singles. In order to isolate
the problem, Staples said, the
subjects chosen were middle class,
urban adults between the ages of 20
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