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posted by martyb on Friday June 30 2017, @02:26AM   Printer-friendly
from the Search-the-personals? dept.

Individuals in polyamorous relationships report more commitment and investment with their primary partners and report more time spent on sex with their secondary partners, a new study authored by Western researchers has found.

While previous research suggests that consensually non-monogamous relationships do not significantly differ from monogamous relationships on a number of relationship-quality indicators, this is one of the first studies to examine potential differences in the relationship dynamics between an individual's multiple partners, said lead author Rhonda Balzarini, a PhD candidate in the Psychology.

The authors asked 1,308 people in online questionnaires (drawn from polyamorous affinity groups on social media) about the dynamics of their polyamorous relationships.

"The study suggests people who are 'primary' partners – those who share a household and finances, for example – experience greater commitment and investment in the relationship. However, the secondary partnership experiences greater proportion of time spent on sex, and this remains a factor even when we account for relationship length and living arrangements," she said.

Does this explain why kings and sultans had harems?


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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by BK on Friday June 30 2017, @03:33AM (2 children)

    by BK (4868) on Friday June 30 2017, @03:33AM (#533245)

    Does this explain why kings and sultans had harems?

    I thought it was because they *could*...

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 30 2017, @02:18PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 30 2017, @02:18PM (#533447)

    Yes, in essence that is what it is. But it doesn't address why they want to. There is motive and opportunity. You only covered opportunity. I know motive is like "cause it's fucking great", but that's really not the underlying motive why we evolved to consider it being fucking great.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 30 2017, @07:50PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 30 2017, @07:50PM (#533651)

      Pretty sure we evolved that because a male that had a herem would end up with many progeny. That is, those males were highly successful breeders (the only success that evolution cares about).