Living alone can be rewarding or excruciating for the singles. Living alone is highly prevalent in the middle-class culture as a result of the emergence of the 24-hour work culture. In other words, middle-class individuals can afford to live alone, since it is noticeably expensive personal decision. Therefore, the aspect of work is equally consuming for both men and women. (Kilnerberg 2012) For singles, work and school promote the capacity of living alone because those institutions tend to prolong our youth. However, women tend to pursue economic identities at a distance from family identities, whereas men exclude familial identities from their economic identities. Likewise, women face greater social pressure and consequences for choosing
