Reloscope: The Relationship Science Insights Podcast · Life Management Science Labs

Georgi Gardiner: Constructing Love — How Society Shapes Our Romantic Preferences | Reloscope #70

·1 hr 5 min·1 clip
When I say I'm in love, I don't describe the world - I change the world, because I change how I'm valuing my feelings.
Philosopher Georgie Gardiner discusses how language and society construct our experience of love, exploring concepts like limerence, altruistic attraction, and holiday romance. The conversation reveals how having or lacking specific vocabulary for emotional states profoundly shapes our self-understanding and romantic decisions.

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A thoughtful look at how language, stigma, and culture shape love and self-understanding.

The episode makes a clear point: romantic preference is not just found, but shaped by the language and norms people live with. Georgie Gardner keeps the discussion friendly and open as it moves from everyday examples to a broader idea, and Marie Stella lets the ideas breathe…

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For when you want love treated as something culture teaches, not just something you feel.

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