Non-monogamy

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For anyone who likes to draw outside the monogamous lines, ethically.

Whether you are polyamorous, in an open relationship, a swinger or just monogomish, this is the place for you.

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Kill the Couple in Your Head (theanarchistlibrary.org)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/nonmonogamy

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cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/4152443

The Couple splits us off from ourselves and the living web of relations, restricting care, material and emotional support, affection, and intimacy to this codependent unit. What we are calling ‘The Couple’ is only mutual control, management, and governance.

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[–] Chapelgentry 4 points 10 months ago

IIRC, one of the biggest reasons the state promotes monogamy is because our legal system is designed for two-party disputes and isn't well equipped to handle deviations from that. Consider what divorce proceedings would look like in this new social system with our current legal system - what is already a protracted process would be exponentially longer.

If you wanted to escape from these kinda of situations from a state viewpoint, you'd need to rebuild the legal system to handle the new interactions. I'm not making a value judgement but rather speaking to the mechanical aspects of changing a social norm with widespread effect.