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> YouGov survey in 2020 of adults in the United States found that, of those who are in a relationship, more than a quarter are non-monogamous. This seems remar
by shaftoe 4y ago
> YouGov survey in 2020 of adults in the United States found that, of those who are in a relationship, more than a quarter are non-monogamous.
This seems remarkably high. Is this including "cheating", the very name of which implies it's not considered ok?
- sammalloy 4y agoMy understanding is that the answer is no. The 25% generally refers to what is called ethical non-monogamy, or open relationships. I also think 25% sounds high.
- air7 4y agoFound the source. > A YouGov poll of more than 23,000 Americans finds that about a quarter (25%) of Americans say they would be interested in having an open relationship. https://today.yougov.com/topics/society/articles-reports/2021/04/26/open-relationships-gender-sexuality-poll https://today.yougov.com/topics/society/articles-reports/202...
- hn_throwaway_99 4y agoI don't think that's the right source question, I think it's this one from this study, https://docs.cdn.yougov.com/a4tvy27qfw/Updated%20Results%20for%20YouGovRealtime%20%28Monogamy%20Polyamory.pdf https://docs.cdn.yougov.com/a4tvy27qfw/Updated%20Results%20f... "On a scale where 0 is completely monogamous and 6 is completely non-monogamous, how would you describe your current relationship?" The results were: 0 (completely monogamous) 71% 1 4% 2 3% 3 4% 4 5% 5 2% 6 5% Not sure 6%
- nl 4y agoSo maybe people who are scoring themselves 1 or 2 are thinking about other people, 3 flirt with others or something?
- bongoman37 4y ago
- xboxnolifes 4y agoSeems like a really odd question. What would ratings 2 through 5 even mean?
- hn_throwaway_99 4y agoMonogam-ish
- scythe 4y agoI think the intermediate ratings mostly describe non-committed recent partnerships. It's become less rare for people to start having sex before deciding whether they are "in a relationship".
- pcthrowaway 4y agoIt could involve a spectrum of activities such as * Occasionally kisses other people * OK with oneself and SO dancing with other people with physical contact * One of the members of the partnership does some form of sex work (including phone-sex operator, webcam peformer, exotic dancer, etc) * Occasional threesomes None of these would be monogamous by some definition, but some would consider these different from a style of nommonogamy where someone dates entirely separately from their partner(s)
- lob_it 4y agoThey could also use a quarter to do a coin flip if a marriage will end in divorce. 45% by 2021 estimates. No ring, no alimony and no child support has free love written all over it in the 21st century. Its obvious that it takes a lot of synergy nowadays to not be a statistic :)
- Alekhine 4y agoI'm a college student. Relationships among a lot of young people work differently than they did for previous generations. For most of us, I think it's generally accepted that unless both parties explicitly say they want to be in a relationship, they aren't in one. Sex by itself means nothing with regard to the actual status of the relationship. I and a lot of my friends have been in/are in open or semi-open relationships.