What Polyamorous and Polygamous Relationships tell us about the Human Condition
Document Type
Blog
Publication Date
6-23-2021
Publication Title
Culturico
Abstract
This essay explores what sexual and emotional fulfillment means to American Mormon Fundamentalist polygamous and polyamorous communities. For polygamists, sexual variety is the byproduct of wanting more children (in quest of a respectable afterlife “celestial marriage”). In contrast, sexual variety in both male and female polyamorists can be an outcome of seeking enhanced eroticism. The two “polys” justify their lifestyle through their assertion that plural love is superior to the conventional dyadic love bond. It is an assertion based in hope more than practice.
Controlled Subject
Non-monogamous relationships; Interpersonal relations
Disciplines
Gender and Sexuality | Public Relations and Advertising
Repository Citation
Jankowiak, W.,
Wolfe, L.
(2021).
What Polyamorous and Polygamous Relationships tell us about the Human Condition.
Culturico