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What It Means to be Self-Partnered
What does it mean to be self-partnered?
This isn’t just a cool phrase, or trendy term sweeping a community of female millennials. The term, as spoken by actress Emma Watson in a recent interview is more valid than you think.
A Call For a New Term
Language plays a huge part in the way we understand concepts. The term single used largely to describe anyone who is unmarried insufficiently describes the current dating landscape. We are all born single. Meaning we are all born without a legal commitment to another person. To understand that we are naturally single is to accept that we choose marriage. It might not feel like it, but single is not the choice; marriage is.
It might not feel like it, but single is not the choice; marriage is.
But as we lean into a better understanding of the way language shapes our reality, being labeled single connotes a decision instead of the natural order of things. For this reason a new term is all too necessary.
Why Women Lead the Charge
In a recent article celebrities like Lizzo, Selena Gomez, and Ariana Grande were hailed as being icons of a new movement of female independence. But these famous names just reflect what has…
