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The Ethical Slut: A Practical Guide to Polyamory, Open Relationships, and Other Freedoms in Sex and Love
by Janet W. Hardy, Dossie Easton
One of the best non-Marxist texts I've read in a long, long time. So good that I actually forgot that it is a self-help book.
This book absolutely builds upon the foundation it built upon the publication of its first addition 25 years ago: sex is nice and pleasure is good for you. It continues (now with the inclusion of non-binary gender, asexuality, and better views on consent and boundaries) its unraveling of toxic monogamy-as-the-norm views and practices that have dominated society for centuries now, and reemphasizes polyamorous love as a historical and valid form of love that has existed time immemorial.
Even if you're not polyamorous, I'd still highly recommend this book because it tackles issues that couples in monogamous relationships face: outside desire, anxiety around sex, and jealousy. My only complaint is that I wish this book were longer.
This book absolutely builds upon the foundation it built upon the publication of its first addition 25 years ago: sex is nice and pleasure is good for you. It continues (now with the inclusion of non-binary gender, asexuality, and better views on consent and boundaries) its unraveling of toxic monogamy-as-the-norm views and practices that have dominated society for centuries now, and reemphasizes polyamorous love as a historical and valid form of love that has existed time immemorial.
Even if you're not polyamorous, I'd still highly recommend this book because it tackles issues that couples in monogamous relationships face: outside desire, anxiety around sex, and jealousy. My only complaint is that I wish this book were longer.