Having to give up men for winter

Olivia Petter is a freelance journalist who specialises in relationships, fashion, pop culture, and violence against women - including recent campaigns for online dating safety. Another recent campaign of hers says financial straits will hit single people harder than couples but also exposes the cost of dating - especially when women are expected to keep up high beauty standards and pay their share if they want to be respected as equal. When people are choosing between eating and heating, it might sound myopic to consider the impact of the current crisis on our love lives. But what couples and families may not realise is that these dire financial straits will inevitably hit single people harder than them. This impacts women disproportionately because of the gender-pay gap.