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What I ended up learning was that we live in a mononormative society that trains us implicitly and explicitly from birth how to be monogamous. That it’s our only option and trying anything else is wrong.
Why I have no problem with monogamy | Minka Guides Minka 2022
scarequotes commented on the word mononormative
https://www.vox.com/conversations/2017/2/23/14684236/monogamy-valentines-day-polyamory-marriage-love
There is still a taboo around open relationships in our culture. People who openly practice nonmonogamy, if not quite ostracized, are certainly stereotyped.
This is part of the reason Carrie Jenkins, a philosophy professor at the University of British Columbia, has become a reluctant defender of polyamory. Jenkins, whose new book is called What Love Is: And What It Could Be, says our concept of romantic love is too narrow, too exclusive, too “mononormative.”
February 16, 2018
plethora commented on the word mononormative
This is an ugly word with an unpleasant mouthfeel.
February 17, 2018
Logophile77 commented on the word mononormative
I will continue to be a mononormative bigot until I die. "Open relationships" are evil.
February 17, 2018
plethora commented on the word mononormative
That's a bit harsh. Successful poly relationships exist.
February 17, 2018
bilby commented on the word mononormative
Too many o's.
February 19, 2018