Re: [UUPoly-L] UUPoly-L Digest, Vol 25, Issue 6

["kit of the furry heads" <rawk.yer.socks.off@gmail.com>]

David VanHorn wrote:

> > PS:  Alan and I staffed a Family Tree booth at Transcending
> > Boundaries and handed out FT flyers, SFLDEF flyers, and UUPA flyers .
> > . . right across the way from the Unitarian Church of Worcester.  One
> > woman objected to a sentence in the "Polyamory in Liberal Religion"
> > flyer because she said it seemed elitist . . . it noted that polys
> > tend to be professionals and well educatedfolks.
>
>
> Well, if it's just noting an observed fact, I don't see how that's
> "eletist".
> Makes some sense to me, poly folk are willing to put more work and thought
> into their relationships.  Folks who aren't content to follow the herd.


That  it makes sense to you that polys would tend to be professionals and
well-educated folks, because they are willing to put more work or in their
relationships or aren't content to follow the herd *is* elitist and shows
some level of fucked up ideas on class.

I think taking statistics on polyamorous people would be difficult. Poor
people, with less access to information in general, are less likely to be
able to self-identify as polyamorous, regardless of how they structure their
relationships. Many poly organizations hold meetings in places that require
people to spend money, which can be a strong deterrent for a low-income
individual, who may not have the money to go to a restaurant once a month or
go to a large conference. Until the poly community is more accessible, I
don't want to be giving out those sorts of statistics.