Jun 2, 2026 · 59 min · 11 segments
In this sociological conversation, two sociologists-- @AkelloStone and Dr. Beverly Yuen Thompson-- as long-time instructors of Sociology…
Akello StoneHost
Beverly Yuen ThompsonHost
so what a topic to talk about when i think about marriage i immediately think about the ritual and the pageantry around it i think about the dresses and the weddings and the venue and how many people are there and photography and this whole social ritual acknowledging some sort of conformist rite of passage if you will But again, when I think about marriage, though, I think about where does this fall on this kind of conceptual timeline, the timeline of what I call human life purpose or potential.
Why are we here? What are we supposed to be doing? Integrating kind of like the major milestones in life.
But even though there are about 25% of people in the United States who do not marry, who remain single throughout their life, there are those that choose to recreate that marriage ritual and marry themself.
And that is called a sologamy, which is something we're going to talk about because I haven't heard a lot of discussion about it.
And I even mentioned what sologamy was and talked to my students about it to see what their thoughts were.
Official
term for being single.
I think loving yourself, making a commitment to caring for yourself and, you know, improving who you are every day is great.
Being okay with who we are, being okay with, um, self-awareness and self-esteem.
It's very interesting to think about how does that look like? What does the daily routine of somebody who's in a polygamy relationship look like?
I feel like I have much better be alone than with someone, just in my point of view.
But I just don't see any net gain to society by making it legal.
If someone wants to marry themselves, cool, great.
Sign me up.
Where are you registered? Let's party.
I think I might be one.
so what a topic to talk about when i think about marriage i immediately think about the ritual and the pageantry around it i think about the dresses and the weddings and the venue and how many people are there and photography and this whole social ritual acknowledging some sort of conformist rite of passage if you will But again, when I think about marriage, though, I think about where does this fall on this kind of conceptual timeline, the timeline of what I call human life purpose or potential.
Why are we here? What are we supposed to be doing? Integrating kind of like the major milestones in life.
But even though there are about 25% of people in the United States who do not marry, who remain single throughout their life, there are those that choose to recreate that marriage ritual and marry themself.
And that is called a sologamy, which is something we're going to talk about because I haven't heard a lot of discussion about it.
And I even mentioned what sologamy was and talked to my students about it to see what their thoughts were.
Official
term for being single.
I think loving yourself, making a commitment to caring for yourself and, you know, improving who you are every day is great.
Being okay with who we are, being okay with, um, self-awareness and self-esteem.
It's very interesting to think about how does that look like? What does the daily routine of somebody who's in a polygamy relationship look like?
I feel like I have much better be alone than with someone, just in my point of view.
But I just don't see any net gain to society by making it legal.
If someone wants to marry themselves, cool, great.
Sign me up.
Where are you registered? Let's party.
I think I might be one.
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