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It's always been fascinating to me personally how much literature flirts with the concept of polyamory but just never quite gets there (obviously non-monogamous
by kyledrake 3y ago
It's always been fascinating to me personally how much literature flirts with the concept of polyamory but just never quite gets there (obviously non-monogamous relationships have existed since time immortal, but polyamory as a word and defined concept didn't really come around until the 1990s).
On an abstract level (I read it quickly so apologies if I missed cues), it feels like they have at least a somewhat functional relationship outside of the usual concerns of insecure attachment, freedom and jealousy. Perhaps if they had a better framework available for dealing with those concerns, they would have had a relationship that worked better for them.
- Log_out_ 3y agoPolyamory is just thinly veiled male cheating. Woman of course cheat too, but it's more strategic, if I get a second child from figure b, my social support network would stabilize. It's less about gene spreading, more about keeping already walking genes alive.
- jhbadger 3y agoEnglish-language literature maybe. But for example it was quite common until recent decades for upper-class French men (even politicians) to have mistresses quite openly and a lot of French literature deals with this.