[ **up: [[Non-monogamous relationships]]** ] --- # Polyamory - [[2024-0730. Polyamory is the practice of having multiple romantic relationships, with all parties having full knowledge and granting full consent.]][^1] - [[2024-0730. In countries where only monogamous marriage is legally valid, de facto polygamy is typically allowed as long as adultery is not illegal; in these regions, additional spouses after the first have no legal recognition.]][^1] - [[2024-0727. 'Amatonormativity' is a name for the attitude that privileges lives based around a focal monogamous romantic relationship.]][^2] + [[2024-0727. Stigma against non-monogamy is beyond a joke; researchers have uncovered assumptions that the non-monogamous are simply bad people.]][^2] - [[2024-0727. 'Almost nobody in an open relationship wants to be open about it.']][^2] - [[2024-0727. Women who voluntarily enter into non-monogamous relationships are a direct challenge to the idea that women are 'naturally' monogamous.]][^2] --- - *See also:* - [[Kitchen table polyamory]] - [[Polyfidelity]] - [[Compersion]] - [[Open relationships]] [^1]: ‘Countries Where Polygamy Is Legal 2024’, *World Population Review*, retrieved 30 July 2024, https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/countries-where-polygamy-is-legal. [^2]: Carrie Jenkins, ‘[[Jenkins. ‘How a hackneyed romantic ideal is used to stigmatise polyamory’, 2017.|How a hackneyed romantic ideal is used to stigmatise polyamory]], *Aeon*, 3 February 2017, [https://aeon.co/ideas/how-a-hackneyed-romantic-ideal-is-used-to-stigmatise-polyamory](https://aeon.co/ideas/how-a-hackneyed-romantic-ideal-is-used-to-stigmatise-polyamory).