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- From: mjmh@crsa.bu.edu (Michael J M Holmes)
- Newsgroups: alt.callahans
- Subject: Re: Definition of "monogamy"?
- Message-ID: <105586@bu.edu>
- Date: 23 Dec 92 18:53:05 GMT
- References: <1992Dec23.165649.5640@netcom.com>
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- Organization: Boston University Center for Remote Sensing
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- In article <1992Dec23.165649.5640@netcom.com> aahz@netcom.com (Mean Green Dancing Machine) writes:
- >We're having a nice little discussion (read "flamewar" ;-) in
-
- /* sighs. "Flamewars. Y'know, when I first gained net.access
- (oh so long ago - like this past August! :-) ) I read as
- many newsgroups as I could, as I am sure most beginning lurkers
- do. I was so amazed at the nastiness that could occur. People
- being righteous over the tiniest points, or slightest differences
- in belief, ideas, even vocabulary choices. I was surprised that
- so many 'educated' people have this severe 'need to be right' that
- they resort to insulting people they don't even know face-to-face.
- I guess that's one of the reasons I like this Place so much -
- all of you wonderful people who can disagree without being
- insulting!"
-
- >alt.polyamory about the nature of monogamy. I'd like to hear some
- >thoughts from people in this newsgroup about what it means to them.
-
- The purple one ponders. "Do you mean a 'monogamous relationship'
- or a 'monogamous person' or 'monogamy as a philosophy?' There
- may be slight differences. I've always thought that a monogamous
- relationship was a longish-term relationship between two people
- who were not currently involved with anyone else. Monogamy in
- general I guess I would believe to be the general societal
- definition of 'exclusive partners for life' or, perhaps
- a more '90s definition would be 'exclusive partnership until
- a breakup, then another exclusive partnership, etc.'"
-
- "I'm not familiar with alt.polyamory, but I guess that
- polyamorous people can have more than one 'relationship'
- at the same time. But I'd bet that a polyamorous person
- could also be in a monogamous relationship, and even
- vice-versa. Hmm, to make it clear, a monogamous person
- would think that a monogamous (exclusive) relationship
- is their ideal, yet could conceivably have a period
- of polyamorous relationships before they found their
- monogamous relationship. And a polyamorous person
- might find a time when there is only one relationship
- in their life, therefore it would be a monogamous
- relationship. That's why I think the nature of monogamy
- depends on whether you are attaching the word to a person,
- a relationship, a lifestyle belief, or a philosophy."
-
- /* smiles, a little impishly. "There! I've made my
- points clear as mud!"
-
- >(I'm posting this because I'm annoyed that one of the other people went
- >to soc.couples for a definition.)
-
- The purple one has a quizzical look one his face.
- "soc.couples doesn't seem to be the best place to find a
- representative view of monogamy - I'm sure that they have
- their own view or bias on the term. But then again, I don't
- think any newsgroup is a very good sampling, since all
- newsgroups are a smaller subset of the set of people with
- net.access!! Statistically skewed things are bound to
- happen!"
-
- "Well, Aahz, I don't know if I've helped or hurt your
- case, but feel free to use my typically-verbose views!"
-
- >--
- > --- Aahz (the *other* Dan Bernstein)
- > @netcom.com
- >
- >Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6
- >
- >Virtual anniversary: 8 days and counting
-
- (Virtual congratulations! Which anniversary is it? The cathode
- anniversary? The microchip anniversary? I *never* know what
- to get people!!)
-
-
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