Could polyamory allow people to meet more of their long-term relationship needs than monogamy?
will be unavoidable, detractors argue. And the focus on sex rather than loving companionship supposedly makes polyamorous relationships shallow and unfulfilling. Some even argue that polyamory is nothing more than a scheme for men to gain sexual variety at the expense of their wives, whom they’ve emotionally abandoned.
To test the notion that polyamory provides greater levels of both eroticism and nurturance than monogamous relationships do, Balzarini and colleagues conducted a series of surveys that targeted individuals in mono and poly relationships. Their findings provide interesting insights into the dynamics of both monogamy and polyamory.Romantic relationships help us meet our needs for eroticism and nurturance, but they don’t always provide these in equal amounts, or at the same time.
Passion is driven by mystery, while attachment is built on familiarity. Thus, the better we know our partner, the less we desire to have sex with them. At the same time, our lover has become our best friend, the most important person in our world. The key to a happy marriage is balancing mystery and familiarity so that we meet our eroticism and nurturance needs—but that’s easier said than done.
In their research, Balzarini and colleagues found evidence to support the polyamorist position, particularly in terms of meeting eroticism and nurturance needs. They found that the monogamists in their study reported generally high levels of both eroticism and nurturance. However, when these were compared to reports of polyamorists' primary and secondary relationships, interesting patterns emerged.
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