Beziehungen/Relationships/Consent

»Wie kommen wir eigentlich darauf, eine Emotion wie Liebe in eine Norm pressen zu wollen – wohlgemerkt eine, in die ganz zufälligerweise knapp acht Milliarden Menschen passen? Warum betrachten wir ausgerechnet die Liebe nicht als emotionales Spektrum, so wie wir es bei anderen Gefühlen auch tun? Es ist an der Zeit, Antworten zu finden – ....

In der heutigen Gesellschaft genießt die Monogamie als Beziehungsmodell eine wenig hinterfragte Monopolstellung. Doch schon lange hat sich das romantische Ideal "ewiger Liebe" als unrealistisch erwiesen und ist einer eher ernüchternden Praxis der "seriellen Monogamie " gewichen. Ohne die Illusion, es könne nur eine einzige wahre Liebe ....

Published as a pamphlet in 1911, “Love and Marriage” is an analysis of the ways in which the social institution of marriage maintains capitalism. Derided as an advocate of "free love" for her view against compulsory monogamy, Emma Goldman wrote about love in ways that were as revolutionary as the Anarchist theory she is known for today. ....

A New York City therapist examines the paradoxical relationship between domesticity and sexual desire and explains what it takes to bring lust home.One of the world’s most respected voices on erotic intelligence, Esther Perel offers a bold, provocative new take on intimacy and sex. Mating in Captivity invites us to explore the ....

Monogamy is not dismantled by fucking more or by falling in love simultaneously with more people, but by constructing relationships in a different way, relationships that allow us to fuck more and fall in love simultaneously with more people, but without anyone getting broken along the way.Monogamy has played a central role in ....

More and more queer and not-so-queer partners are taking the plunge and deciding to live and parent together. But wait - who lives with who? How do you navigate parenting children? How do you set up your home/finances/bathrooms? Laura Boyle, having interviewed over four hundred people living in every polyamorous configuration under the ....

“Can you love more than one person?” A lot of conversations about nonmonogamy start this way. When we discuss “opening” relationships, contemplate whether we want to be exclusive with our partners, or introduce multiple partners to friends and family, we are asking the people in our lives, and ourselves, to contend with this question. ....

Molly Roden Winter was a mother of small children with a husband, Stewart, who often worked late. One night when Stewart missed the kids’ bedtime—again—she stormed out of the house to clear her head. At a bar, she met Matt, a flirtatious younger man. When Molly told her husband that Matt had asked her out, she was surprised that Stewart ....

The love story we’re all familiar with ends with “ … and they lived happily ever after.” But how often do we hear a nonmonogamous love story with that ending? In all kinds of contexts, nonmonogamous happiness is erased. From the ubiquitous “friend who tried it once and it didn’t end well” to Dan Savage’s long-term jokes about never being ....

Too often, the neurodivergent community is marginalized, de-sexualized or patronized. Neurodivergent people are often not seen as part of the romantic or sexual landscape at all, let alone as people who can have multiple partners. However, the fact that neurodivergent people do not see the world or operate within it as other people do ....

What does nonmonogamy allow? Other than the freedom to love whoever you wish to love?For Zara Shah it allows greater social freedom and a richer view of intimacy. It allows more choices for sexual and romantic partners, and a greater range of hobbies, careers and friendships.Nonmonogamy has allowed Shah, a Pakistani immigrant to ....

Educators are often overworked, underpaid and at the crosshairs of every cultural debate. Teachers dedicate themselves to creating safe, nurturing environments for students, but are themselves subjected to levels of personal scrutiny practically unseen in other professions. In some careers, keeping a picture of your loved ones on your ....