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

Ever wondered why you find yourself drawn to certain ‘types’ of partners? This week on Reloscope: The Relationship Science Insights Podcast, host Marie Stella sits down with Georgi Gardiner, a gender & sexuality studies professor, to investigate the uncanny occurrence. Specializing in epistemology and meta-philosophy, Georgi Gardiner currently sits on the philosophy faculty at Tulane University. Previously, she held roles on the faculty and as a research fellow at the University of Tennessee and St. John’s College, Oxford University respectively. Fascinated by how people gather and how innovative gatherings can help individuals flourish, Georgi Gardiner also works on the philosophy of attention, sexuality, love, relationships, circus, risk, and the occult. In this episode, Georgi Gardiner reveals that media, advertising, and language are among some of the main societal and cultural factors that shape our understanding of love, attraction and relationships. She sheds light on collective belief, and how its strength in any given culture may contribute to the mutability of one’s preferences. Together, Marie and Georgi Gardiner weigh up ways to reflect on society’s influence on our romantic preferences. So, tune in this week for an insightful discussion about the culprits behind love’s blueprint, and discover tools for self-reflection! Visit Georgi Gardiner’s work on the following platforms: Website: https://sites.google.com/site/georgigardiner/home/  Tulane University: https://liberalarts.tulane.edu/philosophy/people/fulltime-faculty/georgi-gardiner/  The Conversation: https://theconversation.com/profiles/georgi-gardiner-1508044/articles/  Connect with Georgi Gardiner via email: [email protected] Produced by the Relationship Science Labs, a division of LMSL, the Life Management Science Labs. Explore LMSL at https://lifemanagementsciencelabs.com/ and visit https://relationship.lifemanagementsciencelabs.com/ for additional information about Relationship Science Labs. Follow us on Social Media to stay updated:  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@relationshipsciencelabs        Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/relationship.science.labs/     Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/relationship.science.labs/   Twitter: https://twitter.com/ReScienceLabs     LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/relationship-science-labs/  Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/relationshipssciencelabs/    TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@relationshipsciencelabs You can also subscribe and listen to the show on your preferred podcasting platforms:  Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/reloscope-the-relationship-science-insights-podcast/id1648297613   Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4By5jqMt6V0Co77Dsa1CgM    Amazon: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/e8ac0e92-9ca2-4e05-80e0-9b86f36da79f/reloscope-the-relationship-science-insights-podcast  iHeart Radio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/338-reloscope-the-relationship-102784435/     Podbean: https://relationshipscienceinsights.podbean.com/ PlayerFM: https://player.fm/series/3401809   Podchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/reloscope-the-relationship-sci-4911255