How Vogue Profits From Keeping Women Single

This video summarizes the essay "The Vogue Lie Against Partnership," which responds to a recent Vogue article titled "Is Having a Boyfriend Embarrassing Now?" The essay argues that Vogue isn’t simply offering relationship advice—it’s pushing a corporate strategy that encourages women to stay single, lonely, and dependent on consumer products.

According to the source, Vogue labels relationships as “cringe” to promote what it calls the “Cat Lady Pipeline”—a cycle where women who feel isolated are more likely to spend money on luxury self-care items, subscriptions, and lifestyle products marketed as “empowerment.” Instead of independence, this leads to anxiety, loneliness, and constant self-improvement spending.

The essay also challenges Vogue’s claims using research showing that healthy relationships are strongly linked to happiness, longevity, and financial stability, far more than consumer trends or self-branding.

In short, the argument is that Vogue profits by selling loneliness as empowerment, turning disconnection into a revenue model while calling it “freedom.”