Hello and welcome back to the Miss Amanda Chen Show. We’re now in Season 2 of the 100 Masked Men series, where I anonymously interview different men from all walks of life about dating, sex, gender roles, and the meaning of masculinity.

True to the focus on transparency and having real and open conversations, what can be more open than someone engaged in polyamory? In definition, it’s the practice of, or desire for, intimate relationships with more than one partner, with the informed consent of all partners involved. With all my confusion around general consent for the practice of sex, I had to know how some people practice consensual non-monogamy.

Masked Man #26 is the Adventurous Man. He’s engaged with two partners that both have partners. And his role is being the one to take you on adventures with, and he’s fine playing that role, and doesn’t try to be anything more than that. Contrary to the typical masculine traits we’ve heard in earlier episodes on the man having to be everything for her, I can see why a lot of men wouldn’t be ok with this type of relationship. It’s allowing permission that you are actually not enough. Can we be ok with that? .

How opportunistic are we on trying to get the freedom to do anything, and how often are we confining ourselves to having to be everything? This was a fun chat on masculine and feminine energy and finding balance to understanding more about the “lifestyle” of polyamory and how much communication plays a role in helping rid ourselves of jealous, ego and feelings of making ourselves feel we are “enough” by the approval of others.

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