The Lesbian Polyamory Reader

Open Relationships, Non-Monogamy, and Casual Sex

Marcia Munson, Judith Stelboum (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

260 Seiten

1999
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-7890-0660-8 (ISBN)

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In reading The Lesbian Polyamory Reader: Open Relationships, Non-Monogamy, and Casual Sex, you'll quickly discover that the steps toward love and happiness are as easy as 1, 2, 3, and maybe even 4 or 5. And you'll find that if your own lesbian relationship lies outside the “traditional monogamous couple” model, you're definitely not alone. You'll explore many multifaceted and multifarious love relationships, each one applicable to your own liking, if you so choose. You'll find successful models of relationship styles--regardless of your own orientation--from cover to cover, and you'll discover the pleasing polyphony in the many, many female voices of authorities on love and love relationships.Whereas other similar studies project the limited view of one or two authors, The Lesbian Polyamory Reader calls upon a broad scope of writers, professional women and academics alike. You'll see that outside the gay rights movement that currently pushes for a traditional, monogamous marriage model of gay couplehood, there lies pleasing multiplicity in the arms and hearts of lesbians worldwide. Specifically, this collection offers:

“first person” articles--stories that describe a variety of lesbian experiences relating to multiple lovers in the 1970s, '80s, and '90s

“how-to” articles--descriptions of the various polyamorous relationship configurations, including ways of dealing with jealousy

“theoretical” pieces--the history of multiple relationships, the social implications of practicing a love style other than monogamous coupling, and safer sex considerations

Much, much more than a book on personal satisfaction, The Lesbian Polyamory Reader also focuses on the social implications of this love phenomenon, bringing it into a more inclusive circle of discussion for lesbians, educators, and students of sociology and sexology. You'll find satisfaction in seeing the love so many lesbian women have achieved by not mimicking the “marriage model” of living.

Authored by Munson, Marcia; Stelboum, Judith

Contents
Foreword: Rhomboid Pegs for Oblong Hearts

Introduction: The Lesbian Polyamory Reader: Open Relationships, Non-Monogamy, and Casual Sex
Choosing Alternatives
The Polyamory Quilt: Life's Lessons
If This Is Tuesday, It Must Be Dee . . . Confessions of a Closet Polyamorist
Lesbians as Luvbians
Patriarchal Monogamy
Turning Down the Jezebel Decibels
Poly Wants a Lover
Poly-Friendships
Seven Poems for Three
Adressee Unknown
Bad Friend Book
The Spontaneous Imaginative Life
Living the Dream
Matriarchal Village
A Boomer's View of Non-Monogamy
Impossible Body
Paradigms of Polyamory
If Love Is so Wonderful, What's so Scary About More?
A Long Journey Towards Polyamorous Bliss
So Many Women, So Little Time
Kitaka's Experiment; or Why I Started the Ecstasy Lounge
I'm Not Monogamous Anymore, But . . .
Dinah, Sam, Beth, and Jolyn Say . . .
Gays to Marry? Let's Not!
Canary in the Coal Mine
Safer Sex and the Polyamorous Lesbian
Models of Open Relationships
The Flexible House: A Fairy Tale
Index
Reference Notes Included

Erscheint lt. Verlag	24.3.1999
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 216 mm
Gewicht	640 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Partnerschaft / Sexualität
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sexualität / Partnerschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
ISBN-10	0-7890-0660-X / 078900660X
ISBN-13	978-0-7890-0660-8 / 9780789006608
Zustand	Neuware