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mtstellens 's review for:
The Ethical Slut: A Guide to Infinite Sexual Possibilities
by Dossie Easton
Ultimately I was disappointed by this book. The first edition came out in the 60s and you can tell. Though I appreciated the ways in which it was trying to normalize non-monogamous relationships, the authors came off as condescendingly confused at times when trying to address apprehensions of people that weren’t all there yet.
I loved talking to the book club about this, a lot of good conversations about reciprocal love. At times the polyamory described in the book sounded appealing, at other times somewhat isolating, especially passages about taking soul ownership of your feelings (jealousy, hurt etc.). Though I do agree that jealousy and other feelings aren’t inherent and that they can be mitigated, passages describing what to do if you are crying because your partner is on a date sounded very lonely.
All in all, it came off as dated. It did get me more interested in learning more about non monogamy though, so maybe a good starting point?
I loved talking to the book club about this, a lot of good conversations about reciprocal love. At times the polyamory described in the book sounded appealing, at other times somewhat isolating, especially passages about taking soul ownership of your feelings (jealousy, hurt etc.). Though I do agree that jealousy and other feelings aren’t inherent and that they can be mitigated, passages describing what to do if you are crying because your partner is on a date sounded very lonely.
All in all, it came off as dated. It did get me more interested in learning more about non monogamy though, so maybe a good starting point?