tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34294300.post8451201100401511208..comments2023-11-21T04:06:19.668-08:00Comments on Sense & Sensuality: Sarojini Sahoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06356168164108611237noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34294300.post-48259571115629861252008-12-07T20:20:00.000-08:002008-12-07T20:20:00.000-08:00Thank you for your article, and the stories of mul...Thank you for your article, and the stories of multiple relating in history. It's an exciting time to be in relationships; so much (at least in the US) is changing, and we are really starting to live a life of expressing our spirit and heart in the way we feel best.<BR/><BR/>I like the ending - being poly in a mono society. I have an article about this, as it relates to relationship conflict: http://www.misspolyamory.com/articles/monoamorousparadigm.html.<BR/><BR/>Thanks again, xo BekiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34294300.post-44500121833205154202008-11-24T08:42:00.000-08:002008-11-24T08:42:00.000-08:00There are a lot of us living as polyamorous people...There are a lot of us living as polyamorous people in the United States these days. We're still tiny compared to the overall population, but I'd guess we number in the 10,000's. My wife has been living with two husbands now for 6 years, and we husbands still date other people outside the marriage as well.<BR/><BR/>I think this is a natural outgrowth of universal human rights. Once we recognize that each individual is autonomous, and as far as we can construct a society that allows each person economic independence, relationship is no longer a matter of economic necessity, and the rigidity of traditional relationship forms is no longer required. The rest of the development is merely delayed by culture, as our expectations about relationship slowly catch up to our modern experience.<BR/><BR/>(Of course, in the US and everywhere else, we have a long way to go before most individuals have meaningful economic independence. But we're closer to that than we have been in the past, thanks to the liberation of gender roles in work.)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13875243326709562824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34294300.post-4389244207168676282008-08-26T21:32:00.000-07:002008-08-26T21:32:00.000-07:00The import of oppressive masculinities into arrang...The import of oppressive masculinities into arrangements like polyamory is a possibility that has scant research but its there. The knotty problem seems to be the unshackling of normative masculinities accross a broad range of arrangements. I am to work on 'discursive sexualities' and 'space' issues for a doctorate. i could use your help. My email is prashant.second@gmail.com. Do write in.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34294300.post-71577919053930173392008-08-26T10:55:00.000-07:002008-08-26T10:55:00.000-07:00The feature length film "When Two Won't Do" from w...The feature length film "When Two Won't Do" from www.picturethis.ca is an example of poly in film, as is the feature from 1982 "Summer Lovers".<BR/><BR/>There is much on the Internet about polyamory these days.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34294300.post-68537757931076100822008-08-25T20:56:00.000-07:002008-08-25T20:56:00.000-07:00Interesting subject.I guess like religion, sexuali...Interesting subject.<BR/>I guess like religion, sexuality too is a very personal viewpoint related mostly to a mix of upbringing , social structure, peer groups, etc , etc.<BR/>The society has evolved over centuries. It is not as if someone had deliberately connived it to be the way it is. Polyandry and polygamy are region specific , also culture specific. It may be permissible in certain societies and be frowned upon in others.<BR/>The process of changes is never ending. Maybe tolerance to others vews and lifestyle will increase and people would follow what they believe in .<BR/>Whether it would be good or bad , is debatable. After all, if a thief is given a right to commit theft, there's bound to be chaos in the society !<BR/>To each his own :)CPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06297018290048546771noreply@blogger.com