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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?
(Score: 3, Interesting) by unauthorized on Friday June 30 2017, @03:35AM (3 children)
I would argue that these are contradictory positions. The state having provisions for personal relationships between individuals is the same as meddling into those relationships.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 30 2017, @03:55AM (2 children)
I see it as people can enter into contracts with one another and the government can enforce their terms. The term "civil union" could be a term used to describe a common contractual relationship among individuals that would cover how the government currently handles marriage. It's really the connotations associated with the term "marriage" that causes a lot of the controversy.
I'd have a higher preference for the government staying out of the whole thing (as you mention) but that seems even less likely to happen.
(Score: 2) by unauthorized on Friday June 30 2017, @04:42AM (1 child)
People still can enter such contracts if the wish. The problem with developing a "standard template" is that certain groups *cough*christians*cough*feminists*cough* have an incentive to mess with the standard template for their political ends. I don't see why there is a need for a centralized template in the first place, marriage-like contracts can still be developed and formed even without a centralized authority and that way everyone can have what they want. Everyone except authoritarians at least.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 30 2017, @10:47AM
Not everything can be regulated just by contract, because governmental and nongovernmental third parties unbound by a contract are involved in some.
Some rights and privileges are extended to those in certain special relations.
Changes in laws and regulations would allow people to designate who gets those rights and privileges.