I had to reread this about three times and I have no idea why I am so confused, But I will try so I'm sorry if I sound stupid. I think agency can both be constrained and enabled by our contexts all because of our situations. More geographical than anything. In the Midwest, we have all the possibiltiy in the world to become farmers that someone in LA may not have and people in California have all the possibility to be surfers or get into the fashion world, which are things that Chicago doesn't offer. I'm taking it as growing up in Chicago, I can get to the highest point that a Chicago job can offer but where would that job lie on a scale of possibilty for people in Dallas.
I really hate to compare it to this but I remember being like five years old and getting upset over the fact that I wasn't born one of Santa's elves because that was the life that I wanted to live. I told my mom and she told me that she was sorry but this is where I was born. My context, I guess.
Being stuck in a bad relationship and then getting out would enable your agency rather than limiting it because you believe you have so many options nd possibilities that being in that limiting relationship can offer. Your agency gets enalbled because you have something to compare it to rather than just accepting a bad relationship. I think I am confusing myself.
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