Is Consensual Nonmonogamy a (Good) Thing?
Social biases can restrict research into consensual nonmonogamy, especially when it’s harder to understand the processes involved in these relationships.
Source: Is Consensual Nonmonogamy a (Good) Thing? – JSTOR Daily
October 5, 2024 @ 6:32 pm
IF bait this is then baited I be.
A few years back a woman friend of mine was studying this subject. As a part of a term paper she floated a survey across several demographics of polyamory, I got drafted to offer an opinion on the research instrument she built. I’m not part of her data since I don’t identify as poly. That said, the responses she got painted a very interesting picture of those who found a stable and satisfying life living poly. While CNM was not the primary focus it was included of course, it is a foundation assumption in most forms of polyamory.
CNM, from the perspective of an enduring society, is not a good thing. On an individual level it is case by case depending on the integrity and maturity of those involved, but considered at a social scale it will never produce as much as it wastes.
Something to think on: when considered across the full face of psychology I’ll assert that the concepts offered to rationalize the practice of consensual non monogamy as socially acceptable are solidly part and parcel of the manufacturing process producing what the fauxLiberal bemoan as toxic masculinity… one of their many attack vectors on the western cultures. The fauxLibreal’s inroads into Empire Academia’s Kingdom of Psychology allows them some VERY subtle weapons.
Or, to be just a bit snarcastic? Are the intrepid researchers mentioned in the article REALLY that naive?