The word means "many loves" - having more than one loving person in your life at the same time. It has also been called responsible non-monogamy. It is not about having affairs or cheating on the people you love; everything is in the open and mutually agreed on, there are no secrets or lies. Polyamory is about loving people in a committed, ethical and consensual way.
Isn't that the same as swinging?
No. As a rule, swinging is friendly sex in a controlled environment where emotional attachment is discouraged. It used to be called "wife swapping". In contrast, polyamorous relationships might or might not be sexual, but they are loving. Swinging is to polyamory as a one night stand is to falling in love. Polyamory is not primarily about sex, it’s about freedom of choice in loving relationships. Some swingers drift into polyamory over time.
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Embracing the Silence of Not Knowing: Entering the Fertile Void by Susan Campbell
Authentic communication depends as much on silence as it does on words--the silences between your words and the silence you leave after you have spoken as you await the other's response. Silence is required to allow your words to sink in. As you speak, you hear yourself better when there are silences. Listening to yourself is an essential ingredient for presence. FULL ARTICLE HERE
Polyamory and Sexual Healing by Deborah Taj Anapol, Ph.D.
Virtually everyone who has been raised in a sex negative culture such as ours is sexually wounded. For some, this wounding is simply a matter of barely conscious sexual guilt, shame, and inhibition. It manifests in subtle -- or sometimes not so subtle -- discomfort about social nudity, public displays of affection, or erotic art. It manifests in an inability to freely enjoy sexual pleasure, in ejaculating too soon (for men) or not at all (for women), or in difficulty reaching orgasm. It manifests as a lack of sexual confidence, an inability to truly let go sexually, or an obsession with sexual privacy. FULL ARTICLE HERE
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