By Ada Bravo It can be very difficult to figure out the best way to tell family members new information about yourself that carries a stigma. Often times people feel very anxious around it because they are scared of the reaction that they will receive or of the new perception that their family will have …
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As a person learning about polyamorous relationships I am very interested in finding out what are some potential rules/agreements that people agree on. Every relationship will be different and will vary on rules/agreements because everyone is different. The whole point for the rules/agreements is to encourage communication, increase connection, have physical and emotional safety and …
By Tammy Ng The interviews I had conducted and laid out in previous blog posts had an overarching theme. The theme being how a person’s cultural background has shaped how a person views different concepts. Many of my interviewees would mention where they had grown up, their religion, or their ethnic background being a huge …
By Gabriela Antezana Patriarchy is internalized within the walls of the American society espeically when it comes to relationships. Communities that break this norm like the LGBTQ+ and the poly community break through the surface, the patriarchy and oppression become apparent for the minority (Ryan & Jetha 2010). People that are a part of the …
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I am doing research on polyamorous relationships because I find that it’s not really talked about in society. One topic that I was interested in learning were the tips and benefits of coming out as polyamorous. The articles and websites I am getting my information from explains how coming out can be a nerve wracking …
By Tammy Ng Before delving into the reasons why some of the people I interviewed have opinions against polyamory relationships, we must first lay out the context of the people I interviewed. These people are students from UCSC, so generally most people on this campus are very accepting and open-minded. So, there were no hard …
By Gabriela Antezana How did this phenomenon start? The construction of sexuality plays a big role in the role that polyamory plays in society. In the article The Social Construction of Sexuality by Steven Seidman, there is a clear explanation of how sexuality is a learned way of thinking and being (Seidman 2015). Thus the …
By Ada Bravo Legally: Structuring the legal guardianship for children who have polygamous parents is very complicated. The only reason for that is because it is difficult to get a judge to approve of multiple guardianships for a poly relationship. In some relationships, the partners might want all of them to have equal guardianship, while …
By Ada Bravo Before getting started… Many people who consider themselves to be a part of a polyamorous relationship, believe that marriage is a practice for monogamy. (Unmarried Equality) However, there are some people that do get married for reasons like enjoying the feeling of being a primary partner, sharing responsibilities and having someone to …
Anything that is not considered a normative heterosexual relationship is seen as wrong. Society has difficulty accepting anything that goes against the norms, and even more so when they are misinformed. This is why it took us to long to be more accepting, socially and legally, of the LGBTQ+ community, and even now some people …
Breaking Relationship Norms 