Re: [UUPoly-L] poly & pop culture

["Maka Laughingwolf" <maka@riseup.net>]

A pretty decent article! I liked the last quote. However, this
paragraph frustrated me:

Monogamists often confuse polyamory with swinging, a practice that
gained notoriety in the 1970s. Robyn Trask, managing editor of Loving
More, a magazine based in Boulder, Colo., devoted to the poly
lifestyle, defines polygamy as simply "monogamy with more people."
Other defenders point to the fact that practicing "polys" don't engage
in one-night stands.

For many of us, poly is NOT "monogamy with more people". In fact, that
sounds downright nightmarish to me! And the idea that folks are out
there saying that practicing polys don't engage in one-night
stands...sorry, but how the hell do they know?? Does that mean that
whoever's saying that feels like they can determine whether or not
someone is a 'practicing poly' based on whether they have a one-night
stand now and then? And what *IS* a one-night stand, anyway?

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~ Maka

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