{"id":31447,"date":"2016-06-27T08:30:28","date_gmt":"2016-06-27T15:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.niteflirt.com\/news\/?p=31447"},"modified":"2016-06-17T12:22:18","modified_gmt":"2016-06-17T19:22:18","slug":"a-polyamorist-view-of-monogamy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.niteflirt.com\/news\/a-polyamorist-view-of-monogamy\/","title":{"rendered":"A Polyamorist View of Monogamy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Have you ever considered what&#8217;s more difficult, monogamy or polyamory? Many people assume that because monogamy is the more socially acceptable form of romantic partnership, it must be easy, and more natural. But a polyamorist in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/together.guide\/a-polyamorist-view-of-monogamy\/\"><i>Together<\/i>\u00a0magazine<\/a> examines the many challenging and unnatural ways monogamy manifests itself in our society. Here are some of the highlights (read the entire piece below).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.niteflirt.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/holdinghands.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"holdinghands\" src=\"https:\/\/www.niteflirt.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/holdinghands.png\" width=\"601\" height=\"405\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cArguably, polyamory requires a lot more &#8216;work&#8217; than monogamy. It\u2019s logistically more challenging managing multiple relationships\u2014there are only so many hours in a week,\u201d says polyamorist Michael McDonald. \u201cBut if monogamy is so much simpler than polyamory, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/blog\/stronger-the-broken-places\/201508\/great-relationships-require-hard-work-not-forever\">why does it feel like so much work?<\/a>\u201d McDonald argues that monogamy is not natural\u2014as in, it&#8217;s not in a human&#8217;s nature to couple with just one person\u2014so if a person chooses to be monogamous, then they are participating in \u201can advanced form of relating that requires us to transcend what comes naturally to us in relationship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McDonald goes on to describe how monogamous couples can be separated into two different camps: conscious monogamy and unconscious monogamy. Conscious monogamy is when a couple transcends their very nature to choose a long-term, co-created partnership. Unconscious monogamy is rooted in fear, relating to societal expectations and to anxieties about security, which he says is the more common, more insidious form of monogamy we often see today. McDonald believes, therefore, that we should \u201cbe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/new-sexual-revolution-polyamory\/\">encouraging polyamory as the norm<\/a>, and monogamy as the advanced, only meant for the most experienced.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Looking for something \u201cnatural\u201d yourself? 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