5min chapter

Curious Fox cover image

Relationship Escalator, Solo Poly, and Singledom-by-Choice with Amy Gahran (Interview)

Curious Fox

CHAPTER

Relationship Escalators

i am curious whether you have an opinion on why the relationship escalators so prevalent, so privileged and so adhered to. I'm really weary of kind of looking back historically and trying to imagine where the norms came from. Privilege is not just about your identity or the kind of relationship you may have. It is about how other people perceive and treat you. There are lots of ao institutional factors that make it daunting to leave, to jump off the escalator. And also, if most of your friends were coupled up, you rell lose a lot of those friends because couples are viewed as an intrinsic threat in coumhood.

00:00

Get the Snipd
podcast app

Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
App store bannerPlay store banner

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode

Save any
moment

Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways

Share
& Export

Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode