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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 30 2017, @03:42AM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 30 2017, @03:42AM (#533252)

    There are plenty of complicated legal arrangements with very long contracts. I doubt that the insurance issues would be the most complex and joint ownership of assets is routinely delt with in a business context.

  • (Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Friday June 30 2017, @03:46AM (1 child)

    by fustakrakich (6150) on Friday June 30 2017, @03:46AM (#533256) Journal

    Well, marriage is a business, just one more reason the government is involved.

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 30 2017, @03:19PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 30 2017, @03:19PM (#533488)

      When government gets involved, marriage becomes a violently imposed monopoly.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 30 2017, @06:15PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 30 2017, @06:15PM (#533598)

    I believe it's been estimated that the legal implications of saying "I do" would need about 1,000 pages to express.

    I think the government needs to be out of the marriage business. If two consenting adults want to enter into a complex, 1,000 page long contract, I don't see why I should stop them. It's not for me, though. When I love somebody, it's deeper than a legal construct could possibly express. I guess straight people are shallow in that way and need their legal construct.

    As you indicate, there are partnerships and LLCs, which seem like a simpler approach to me if a legal construct is needed. For me it's good enough to keep my will up to date. The people I love have names, after all.