Gym Leaders: Single Parents Need Not Apply

Doing research for the last post led me to The Pokémon Wiki, a site that purports to be an accurate account of Pokémon game information. So accurate that, although Lenora is listed under her United States name, the owners of the site refuse to use her updated title and call her "Natural-Born Mama" instead. Yeah, that gives me a good idea of what kind of people are editing the site (read: Privilege Denying Dude.)

The fail doesn't end there, though. See, at the bottom of her page Lenora is listed as one of FIVE Gym Leaders who are confirmed to be married. Let's look at the other four.

Chuck: Chuck's wife stands outside the Cianwood City Gym in Gold/Silver/Crystal/HeartGold/SoulSilver and gives you the HM Fly after you defeat Chuck.
Norman: Norman and his wife are the main character's parents in Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald.
Byron: Byron is the father of the first Gym Leader in Pokémon Diamond/Pearl/Platinum. A spouse is never mentioned.
Drayden: Drayden is the father of Iris. A spouse is never mentioned.

So two of these "confirmed married" characters are, in fact, ASSUMED to be married (because they have children). So apparently single parents don't exist in the Pokémon world.

One can hope that this is just the expression of one person's privilege denial and not reflective of the wiki as a whole. To find out, I'm going to change the page so that it's properly up-to-date and remove Byron and Drayden from the "confirmed married" list. Let's see how long it takes to change back.