polyamory

                                     Polyamory

Words and efforts at expression always change. Politicians always try to redefine themselves in the best of modern connotation. So one does not hear "liberal" much anymore, but rather "progressive." And "strip club" has morphed into "gentleman's club." What used to be infidelity is now new and all shined up, called "Polyamory."
Polyamorous or open relationships are usually based on “consensual non-monogamy“—the idea that relationships can be loving, committed, and serious, without being sexually exclusive. It’s a more libertarian--as opposed to libertine--approach to sexuality, in which people can negotiate custom relationships, like contracts between firms or treaties between countries, while still retaining some sexual sovereignty and freedom of mate choice. Polyamory takes freedom of association seriously—not just in social and political life, but in the sexual realm. If you can choose to have more than one child, more than one friend, and more than one work colleague, you should be free to choose more than one sexual partner. Or so it is said. But it must also be said that sometimes the heart rises above theory.

None the less, surveys show openness to polyamory is already common among younger American adults:
   About 4 percent to 5 percent of all adults are currently in open or poly relationships;
   About 20 percent have tried some kind of open or poly relationship at some point;
   Among adults aged 18-44, 17 percent have had sex with someone else with the consent of their partner, up from 9 percent among adults aged 45-54;
   About 28 percent of adults say it is not natural for human beings to be faithful to only one person;
   About 29 percent of adults under 30 consider open relationships to be morally acceptable—compared to only 6 percent of adults over 65.