12: Chase Amante | What Makes Monogamous Relationships Work

In Part 2 of a two-part series on relationships, Chase Amante talks monogamy (and all the wrinkles that go along with it) with host Varoon Rajah. Selected topics of conversation… * Is monogamy the natural setting for a relationship? (1:20) * Whether society programs us for monogamy or it is an intrinsic drive (3:47) * How media supports or invalidates feelings about monogamy (5:07) * Have the sex roles become less clear in modern society? (6:42) * The value of clearly delineated roles within a relationship (7:20) * Some of the differences of monogamy in other cultures (8:00) * Why it’s important for a man to know what he wants in a partner (9:55) * How power subtly shifts inside relationships (11:14) * How to resist a girl’s efforts to escalate a relationship (12:31) * How can you determine what a girl wants with you early on? (14:26) * Do women actually know what they want with you? (16:41) * Why to look for what makes her UN-happy around you (17:46) * If she isn’t happy or doesn’t want what you do, should you end it? (18:27) * Why it’s bad for a woman to settle for you (22:20) * Why it’s critical to have a purpose for your relationship (23:21) * How supplication creates more problems instead of solving them (24:21) * Why it’s so important to have firm boundaries (26:44) * The crux of a healthy relationship: involving her without yielding to her (31:11) * What does dominance-submission looks like in a relationship? (34:09) * How dominance factors into the role of provider (35:35) * Does every woman have the capacity to submit? (39:05) * What shared purposes are there for relationships? (43:28) * How to create a mutual purpose in a relationship (46:11) * Examples of strained relationships without mutual purpose (48:45) * Do men and women sometimes put on early faces that change later? (51:03) * How to handle the “false face” problem (52:55) * Other emotions or lack of emotions that emerge in relationships (55:29) ... plus 30 more minutes of podcast interview. Listen online: www.girlschase.com/content/girls-chase-podcast-interviews-ep-12-chase-amante LEARN SOMETHING GOOD? SUBSCRIBE AND REVIEW! If you enjoy the podcast, please subscribe in iTunes and leave a review. This helps us reach more ears, and casts your vote for “Yes! Make more episodes!”