When are they going to stop using that phrase “out of wedlock”?
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Live on ABC News…
I recently had a TV interview about what it’s like to date as a single mom. But when the host was reciting the latest stats on single moms — the fact that one out of four women are having babies on their own! — she said these babies are born “out of wedlock.”
When will they stop using that phrase? Does it bother you as much as it does me?
You can watch the ABC News Interview here: “Single Moms Really Can Have It All!”
Later, Andrea Engber, from SingleMothers.org, wrote to me with this brilliant advice: Say that you’re a MOM… a mother outside of marriage. Love it!
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February 23rd, 2007 at 1:13 pm
Honestly, the terms don’t bother me too much. I mean “out of wedlock”, “mother outside of marriage.” They mean the same thing. I guess it’s just a matter of whether you prefer the term marriage over wedlock!