65| Getting Started with Ethical Polyamory - Janet W. Hardy

In this episode Janet W. Hardy gives advice on:

- Janet's background and her beginnings into polyamory (05:55)

- The success of The Ethical Slut, co-authored with Dossie Easton (07:52)

- Janet's relationship and lifestyle today (08:33)

- The number of Janet's relationships and whether or not they can be categorized (10:05)

- Making the difference between love chemistry versus longer term love (11:00)

- The background of polyamory (12:00)

- Main ways that people get involved in polyamory (13:47)

- How polyamory has changed over time (14:53)

- Is polyamory more widely accepted today? (16:23)

- What drives the negativity and hostility towards polyamory? (17:03)

- Practical things to do if interested in getting involved in polyamory (18:00)

- Current and typical polyamory behaviors (20:15)

- Appropriately introducing the topic of polyamory (21:51)

- Ways to tell if someone is polyamorous (22:54)

- Typical misunderstandings in polyamorous relationships (23:50)

- Insecurity as apposed to jealously (24:55)

- Are people naturally destined to be polyamorous or is it a journey? (26:18)

- Discretion in being polyamorous (27:40)

- The unwillingness to reveal your polyamory lifestyle in the face of negative cultural beliefs (29:05)

- How polyamory attracts people who are not into it for healthy reasons (30:52)

- Women looking for an emotion connection in polyamory (30:54)

- Dealing with sexual disease risks in polyamory (32:30)

- The importance of boundaries in polyamorous relationships (32:30)

- Weighing the "don't ask, don't tell" aspect in polyamory (36:20)

- Balancing communication disclosure (38:08)

- Reasons polyamorous relationships end (38:51)

- Things people can learn from polyamory compared to being monogamous (40:12)

- The ability of polyamory in allowing for growth in relationships and life (42:46)

- The dynamic of women being more jealous than men in polyamorous relationships (45:05)

- Balancing polyamory relationship expectati

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