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Contrasting The Culture Of Polyamory And Monogamy, Joseph A. Santiago Mr
Contrasting The Culture Of Polyamory And Monogamy, Joseph A. Santiago Mr
Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Queer Center
As families get busier and become extended through marriage, adoption, and mutual commitments, people struggle to describe their relationships in familiar ways that gives them legitimacy as they expand out of the nuclear family model. The idea that Monogamy or Polyamory is the best form for relationships to take is just as an absurd notion as attempting to hold people to a monocultural idea of morality on these matters. Not educating people to understand and interact with each other through the diverse forms of family and relationships is causing a lot of pain and wrongly isolating many people. Regardless of …