Join Ezra as he speaks with Professor and researcher Dr. Eli Sheff about topics including: polyamory family study, 70s research into non-monogamy, internet lead to an evolution in poly, kids of polyamorous families were born on third base with special advantages, this includes parents romantic freedom, expansion of childhood and lifespan leads to different partnering dynamics, old folks being sexual much more than in previous history, the impracticality of monogamy in the modern age, Darwin is getting no pussy, sex workers give good data, how children feel about their polyamorous families, “high communication families”, what is the bonding project and what she is hoping to learn from the bonding project, frequency of bonding styles, solo is most popular, have the washing machine and the dishwasher have ruined traditional marriage? Back to traditional family values movement is an enemy of feminism, poly in the absence of religion can create “beloved community”, brother husbands vs sister wives, one penis policy vs one vagina policy, hierarchical polyamory, “Its manipulative and shallow to claim no hierarchy and live hierarchy”, power exchange in poly, hierarchy of non-heirarchy being better and more…

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