Abstract

Increasing number of singles is one of many aspects of cultural changes that are taking place in postindustrial societies nowadays. Sometimes it happens to be just a mere coincidence; most often it is a willful choice. Although in every society and in every moment in history the groups of singles existed and still exist, nowadays in modern societies this group of people is very present and significant. This phenomenon has been never noticed before in any society and the sociologists define it as “the first social global phenomenon of XXI century” (L. Berg-Cross, E. Grzeszczyk, J. Long, A. -M. Scholz, A. Roy, 2004:34). The aim of this lecture, discussing the problem of singles, is to emphasize chosen aspects – that is the quality and the specific of lifestyles of single people in Poland.

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