A man and woman are in an open relationship. They have agreed that
having sexual partners outside of their relationship is
permissible. One night, when her partner is in another city, the
woman has sex with the man's best friend. What does this mean for
their relationship? More importantly, why is there such a strong
cultural taboo against this kind of triangulation and what does it
reveal about the social organization of gender and sexuality? In
Beyond Monogamy, Mimi Schippers asks these and other questions to
explore compulsory monogamy as a central feature of sexual
normalcy. Schippers argues that compulsory monogamy promotes the
monogamous couple as the only legitimate, natural, or desirable
relationship form in ways that support and legitimize gender, race,
and sexual inequalities. Through an investigation of sexual
interactions and relationship forms that include more than two
people, from polyamory, to threesomes, to the complexity of the
'down-low,' Schippers explores the queer, feminist, and anti-racist
potential of non-dyadic sex and relationships. A serious look at
the intersections of society and sexuality, Beyond Monogamy takes
the reader on a compelling and accessible journey through
compulsory monogamy, polyamory, and polyqueer sex and
relationships.
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