A group supporting ethical non-monogamy sent an open letter to Meta on Thursday, asking Facebook to allow users to list multiple relationship statuses on their profile.
The letterFacebook’s current policy, initiated by Polyamory and ethical non-monogamy, or an organization for OPEN, said it was “arbitrary” and “exclusive.” Signatories included leaders of groups such as the National Union for Sexual Freedom and the Positive Sexuality Center.
A Meta spokesman said the company is considering the letter and that one of the statuses users can choose on Facebook is “open relationship.” The changes requested by the complainant will allow you to list all romantic partners.
According to the report, about 20% of people have somehow engaged in consensual non-monogamy. 2017 survey.. According to Brett Chamberlin, Executive Director of OPEN, the term today includes “millions of niche terms.” The most well-known terms include “polyamory,” which means dating multiple people at the same time, and “swing,” which means when people in a relationship exchange partners with each other.
The new entry is “Relationship Anarchy”, where participants break all expected norms related to romantic relationships and agree only on the rules established by the parties.
“Ethical non-monogamy is nothing new, but technologies like the Internet allow people to build communities and pursue lifestyles that may not have been accepted in previous mainstream cultures. It’s easier, “said Chamberlin.
Today, anyone interested in building relationships can seek advice from podcasts and polyamory coaches, or join dating apps such as Feeled and #open to meet like-minded people. increase. The consensual non-monogamy also reached Vogue magazine, and one writer asked:Is monogamy over?“
People have also become more public about their non-monogamy relationship article And a social media post about their experience.
Last month, TikTok star Taylor Frankie Paul, who has 3.6 million followers, talked about her open marriage. Live stream.. Paul, a member of the Mormon Church, tells her audience that she, her husband, and some of their friends are engaged in a “soft swing” that “switches completely and doesn’t go to the end.” I told you to do it. Paul also said she and her husband are currently in the process of divorce. This was partly prompted by Paul’s decision to break the rules of their agreement.
The most prominent people who have publicly discussed the non-monogamy experience may be Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith.last year Smith told GQ About the period during which his marriage was open.
“We give each other trust and freedom, and we all have the belief that we must find our way,” said the actor. “And our marriage can’t be in jail,” said Willow Smith, the couple’s daughter.Red table talk“A show she hosts with her mother and grandmother.
Some of the shift to more acceptance may be cross-generational.and YouGov poll A survey of about 1,340 people was asked to explain the “ideal relationship” on a scale from “completely monogamous” to “completely non-monogamy,” and 43 millennials. % States that the ideal relationship is not monogamous, at least to some extent. 30% of Generation X and 25% of baby boomers.
Despite the increasing normalization of non-monogamy as a practice, Chamberlin said many people engaged in it are still afraid to be publicized about their lifestyle. rice field.
“Due to the structure of intimate relationships, you can be dismissed from work, denied residence, or lost a custody dispute,” he said. The goal of his organization, which he and the other two founded in April, is to raise awareness and more embrace non-monogamy relationships.
“In the long run, one of the cultural and social projects is to provide people with more space to build consensus-based relationships of their choice,” he said. He pointed out the LGBTQ rights movement as one of those projects. The consensual non-monogamy is “the next chapter,” he added.
