Forty years of feminism – but women still do most of the housework

[Neoma]

28. Ah, well, I don't believe that isolation equate loneliness 100% of the time.

The first article you show me is six years old and at the end, mentions how there are more entertainment options and says that the social networking online might counter this effect. The article might be a bit outdated there.

The second article has some wonderful quotes in it,

"The connection between single living and loneliness is in fact quite weak."
(snip)
"Loneliness can be relative: it has been defined as an aversive emotional response to a perceived discrepancy between a person's desired levels of social interaction and the contact they're actually receiving. People tend to measure themselves against others, feeling particularly alone in communities where social connection is the norm. That's why collectivist cultures, like those in Southern Europe, have higher levels of loneliness than individualist cultures, Cacioppo says. For the same reason, isolated individuals feel most acutely alone on holidays like Christmas Eve or Thanksgiving, when most people are surrounded by family and friends."
(snip)
"So how many friends do you need to avoid loneliness? There's no magic number, according to Cacioppo. An introvert might need one confidante not to feel lonely, whereas an extrovert might require two, three, or four bosom buddies."

The third article is an opinion piece where he responded to the journal article, 3 years later. The study he's citing was a bit hard to get to, as his link is dead, but I found it without having to chuck up $14, due to free registry, thankfully. In the American Sociological Review, the study says:

P.9(361) "In general, the core discussion networks in 2004 are more closely tied to each other, are more frequently, and are longer-term relationships. Even more than in 1985. The discussion networks we measure in 2004 are the closest of closest ties."
P.21(373) "Possibly, we will discover that it is not so much a matter of increasing isolation, but a shift in the form and type of connection." ..."The evidence that we present here maybe an indicator of a shift in structures of affiliation."