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# consensual non-monogamy
[[Amatonormativity places monogamous romantic relationships upon a pedestal as the personal and societal ideal.]][^1]
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## polyamory
[[Polyamory is the practice of having multiple romantic relationships, with all parties having full knowledge and granting full consent.]][^2]
[[In countries where adultery is not illegal, polyamorous de facto relationships may be permitted (tolerated).]][^3]
[[Stigma against non-monogamy is beyond a joke; researchers have uncovered assumptions that the non-monogamous are simply bad people.]][^4]
### kitchen table polyamory
### closed-group polyamory
[[Closed-group polyamory is when polyamorous people sleep together 'within an exclusive group of partners who do not have sexual relationships outside of the group.’]][^5]
[^1]: 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).
[^2]: ‘Countries Where Polygamy Is Legal 2024’, World Population Review, accessed 30 July 2024, https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/countries-where-polygamy-is-legal.
[^3]: Countries Where Polygamy Is Legal 2024’, World Population Review, accessed 30 July 2024, https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/countries-where-polygamy-is-legal.
[^4]: 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).
[^5]: Bianca Palmisano, *[[Palmisano, Safer Sex for Trans Bodies, 2021|Safer Sex for Trans Bodies]]* (Whitman-Walker Health and Human Rights Campaign Foundation, 2021), p. 18.