You have full access to this open access article. The objectives of this study were to determine and to expose the morphology of polyamorous relationships through their conception and characteristics, identifying experienced and perceived situations of discrimination, and to analyze the future expectations for polyamorous relationships.
For this purpose, 11 people who were in a polyamorous relationship, with an age ranging from 26 to 57 years, were interviewed. The results show that polyamorous people define their relationships as casual, without possession, a lifestyle that includes friendship, trust, affection, and sex. All participants claimed to experience and perceive discrimination by their environment and society.
Among their expectations for the future is continuing the relationship, even considering reproduction. Such relationships represent a breakdown of the monogamous society. Poliamory poses many challenges in an attempt to legitimize the diversity of relationships and environments of coexistence in our society. Relationships have been changing since the advent of the sexual revolution initiated in β Rubin, The study of Moors showed that the search for information on the Internet about polyamory has increased markedly in the last 10 years in the United States, revealing how society's interest in polyamorous relationships is increasing.
CNM is a general term that includes the concept of polyamory, but also encompasses other relationship practices such as open relationships and partner exchange, among others Conley et al.
In this study, we will focus on the analysis of polyamorous relationships through their protagonists' experiences and their expectations in Spain, to make visible the different forms that exist of affective-sexual relationships in society. We will also analyze, taking into account the existing literature, how people in Spain who have a CNM relationship feel stigmatized or misunderstood by society Conley, Moors, et al. This love can be sexual, emotional, spiritual, or any combination of them, depending on the desires and agreements of the people involved Klesse, A variant of polyamory is polyfidelity, which is a style of closed relationship that requires sexual and emotional fidelity to the group of people involved in the relationship Klesse, Another variant is polyaffective relationships, defined as emotionally intimate, non-sexual bonds between people connected by a polyamorous relationship, such as two heterosexual men who have sex with the same woman but have fraternal relationships with each other Sheff, , Primary relationships reflect the cultural characteristics of a monogamous couple, as they often live together, make important decisions in common, share economic, domestic, and family responsibilities, and even have children.
