I don't know that I really need to state my perceptions here, since you could probably deduce them, but yeah; Polyamory is a relationship between three or more people, and the individual sex of each person is not germaine to the definition of the term. For a poly relationship to work, you need to have mature, emotionally stable people involved, capable of communicating and understanding how other people feel. Apparently you don't, in a monogamous relationship. You just need one person to be able to dominate the other. That kind of crap won't fly in a poly relationship, and thus, in my mind, anyways, poly is a superior form. Me? I'm nowhere near stable or mature enough for a poly relationship, even though I've thought they were the way to go since high school, reading Heinlein, but then, I'm no good for a monogamous one either. I'm just fortunate to have found someone who understands my issues and accepts me for what I am.
The concept that multiple wives is the path to eternal salvation just makes me think that perhaps here is yet another case of men using religion to get whatever they think they want. Yeah, God says it's ok..er..important for me to have lots of wives without recognizing them or even actually supporting them, but women can't have multiple men, cuz that's... er.. sinful. Yeah. It's in the gospel, which I pulled out of this hat.
I don't know if I'm more disgusted with men who use religion that way, or the women who embrace this crap.
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Date: 2008-04-20 06:45 am (UTC)For a poly relationship to work, you need to have mature, emotionally stable people involved, capable of communicating and understanding how other people feel. Apparently you don't, in a monogamous relationship. You just need one person to be able to dominate the other. That kind of crap won't fly in a poly relationship, and thus, in my mind, anyways, poly is a superior form.
Me? I'm nowhere near stable or mature enough for a poly relationship, even though I've thought they were the way to go since high school, reading Heinlein, but then, I'm no good for a monogamous one either. I'm just fortunate to have found someone who understands my issues and accepts me for what I am.
The concept that multiple wives is the path to eternal salvation just makes me think that perhaps here is yet another case of men using religion to get whatever they think they want. Yeah, God says it's ok..er..important for me to have lots of wives without recognizing them or even actually supporting them, but women can't have multiple men, cuz that's... er.. sinful. Yeah. It's in the gospel, which I pulled out of this hat.
I don't know if I'm more disgusted with men who use religion that way, or the women who embrace this crap.