added by muizz · updated 9mo ago
Agency
So this is what I’ll call a “failure of agency” - a case where there is a clear preference, and a clear ability to act on that preference, but no action occurs (and possibly the idea that you could act never even occurs to you).
from Learning to exercise agency by David R. MacIver
Stuart Evans added
- For so many people, this lack of options — this coercion to care — breeds intense resentment of a role that, when chosen of one’s own volition, might feel incredibly satisfying.
from Forced to Care by Anne Helen Petersen
Keely Adler added
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