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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 30 2017, @02:16PM
Yeah great fantasy, but it doesn't work. There is a reason Patriarchy is predominant form of societal arrangement in most places. Differences in gender make it so, and it is usually to benefit of the woman as well as the man. It allows for men to accumulate wealth and still marry a woman during her prime fertile years. Where as if inverse was true, women would have to struggle to accumulate resources to attract mates during their most fertile years, and then hope they have enough fertility left to have a family. (And yes, they would have to EARN the wealth, there is no GIVING fucking wealth away, any society that tries shit like that will turn into Venezuela).
Also, if you think a woman, especially one with kids, will give enough sexual attention to 2, let alone 5 horny as fuck men, you have never been married. What do men who are horny do if their wife isn't able to give them enough attention? They get into all kinds of trouble...