E16 - Ethical Non-Monogamy - an Ocean of Options

This show explores many of the options of Non-Monogamy.  The intention is to display how much more divers non-monogamy is than simply swinging.  

 

E16 - Non-Monogamy - An Ocean of Options

Boardroom Segment

Bedroom Segment

• Talk about some major terms
  • Swingers - maybe the oldest?
  • Polyamory
    • Not same as open article[i]
    • Difference in Poly, Open, and Swing Article[ii]
  • BDSM
  • Kinks
    • Kinktest Article[iii]
      • Fetishism was removed from the WHO "sick list" in 2018.
      • Kink Definition
        • Definitions of Kink, Fetish, and Paraphilic Disorder
        • Kink is an unconventional sexual taste or behavior. A kink can turn you on, but you don’t necessarily need it for sexual fulfillment.
        • Fetish is a condition in which you have a strong sexual fixation with a particular inanimate object or non-genital body part, and you can’t get turned on or orgasm without it. The object or body part getting you off is called a fetish.
        • Paraphilia is a psychiatric term for ‘kink”, referring to any atypical and non-normative sexual behavior by which you will get sexual arousal and gratification. Fetishism is a category of paraphilia.
        • Paraphilic disorder: you may have a paraphilia, but not meet the criteria for a paraphilic disorder unless it causes
          • psychological distress/injury/death to anyone or it
          • or
          • involving unwilling persons or persons unable to give legal consent.

 

• Ethical Non-Monogamy
  • Definition
    • Ethical non-monogamy is an approach to relationships wherein people can have more than one romantic and sexual partner at a time, and everybody involved is aware and enthusiastically consents to the dynamic. Polyamory, open relationships, and swinging are all forms of ethically non-monogamous relationships, which are also referred to as consensually non-monogamous relationships.
  • Mens Health Article[iv]
  • 1 in 5 in some form of ENM (article)[v]

 

Show Wrap

• Next Show!
  • E17 - A Single Lady in a Non-Monogamy World

 

EndNotes

 

[i] https://www.insider.com/difference-between-polyamory-open-relationships-swinging-2019-11

[ii] https://medium.com/@bluehills1965/the-difference-between-open-relationships-polyamory-and-swinging-relationships-a4fdc833b007

[iii] https://www.kinktest.org/list-of-kinks-the-definitions-of-most-commonpopular-kinks.html

[iv] https://www.menshealth.com/sex-women/a38439469/polyamory-open-relationships-swinging/

[v] https://www.mindbodygreen.com/articles/ethical-non-monogamy-guide#:~:text=There%20are%20two%20forms%20of,popularity%20dramatically%20in%20recent%20years.