EP154 - What Does the Research Say About Consensual Non-Monogamy?

Welcome to episode 154 of the Sexology Podcast! Today I’m delighted to welcome Amy C. Moors, Ph.D to the podcast. In this episode, Amy speaks with me about consensual non-monogamy, looking at the quality of attachment, and recommendations for how to deal with minority stress.  

 

Amy C. Moors, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Chapman University and a Research Fellow at The Kinsey Institute, Indiana University. She also serves as the co-chair of the American Psychological Association’s Division 44 Consensual Non-Monogamy Task Force. Prior to joining Chapman, she was the Director of the Social Science Research and Evaluation Program in the College of Engineering at Purdue University. She is an interdisciplinary researcher with backgrounds in psychology and women’s studies (Ph.D., University of Michigan), higher education (postdoctoral fellow, National Center for Institutional Diversity) and social science evaluation (researcher, University of Michigan's ADVANCE Program). 

  

Dr. Moors’s research interests lie at the intersection of gender, sexuality, interpersonal relationships, and inclusion. In one area of research she focuses on diverse expressions of sexuality, including same-sex/gender relationships and consensually non-monogamous relationships. In another line of research, she focuses on ways to promote inclusion in higher education. She has published more than 40 articles and has received several grants to fund her work. Recently, Dr. Moors was recognized as a “Rising Star” by the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality. 

 

In This Episode You Will Hear:  

 

• How Dr. Amy became interested in this line of research  
• What is consensual non-monogamy?  
• What the research says about the benefits of consensual non-monogamy 
• The pressures we face to be the best at everything in life from lover to parent  
• Expanding your tribe whilst being more sexually fulfilled  
• Looking at the quality of attachment  
• How the going assumption has been that monogamy is superior 
• Dealing with the stigma surrounding this issue  
• Recommendations to deal with minority stress  

 

 

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Podcast Produced by Pete Bailey - http://petebailey.net/audio