polyamorous and promiscuous are synonyms

[Kalahari Inkantation]

Change my mind.

[Kalahari Inkantation]

Anyone who votes "false" is obligated to justify him or herself.

[Mando Pandango]

I don't even think poly people would debate you on this, but they also wouldn't see promiscuity as a negative.

[Mando Pandango]

Although the argument against would be that I'm sure some, if not most (I'm really not sure) poly relationships are more focused on intimacy than sex, and people in said relationships would be cautious to enter the sexual stage of a relationship if they're already involved with someone.

[Mando Pandango]

So honestly I'm gonna say false just because they're not inherently tied even though they often go together, sure.

[bluaki]

False because promiscuous usually means a lot of short-term sexual encounters that typically don't overlap, while polyamory is more like multiple concurrent romantic relationships that may or may not last a long time.

Certainly there's frequent overlap, and like popsi said I doubt most polyamorous people would look down on promiscuity

Polyamory is like "I'm in committed romantic relationships with two people at the same time and we're all fine with it", promiscuous is like "hey I just met you but we're both single so let's fuck" and a mixture of both is like "I'm in an open relationship so my gf won't mind if I sleep around a bit"

[Samus Aran]

False because promiscuous usually means a lot of short-term sexual encounters that typically don't overlap, while polyamory is more like multiple concurrent romantic relationships that may or may not last a long time.

Certainly there's frequent overlap, and like popsi said I doubt most polyamorous people would look down on promiscuity

Polyamory is like "I'm in committed romantic relationships with two people at the same time and we're all fine with it", promiscuous is like "hey I just met you but we're both single so let's fuck" and a mixture of both is like "I'm in an open relationship so my gf won't mind if I sleep around a bit"

all of this exactly

obviously promiscuity doesn't HAVE to mean you're having a lot of short-term sexual encounters, but that's generally the implication. and that's never the implication with polyamory.

but also, this:

I don't even think poly people would debate you on this, but they also wouldn't see promiscuity as a negative.

anyway i kinda thought this was a no-brainer tbh, even if you were to simply go by their typical dictionary definitions, they're different enough to warrant a distinction

[YPrrrr]

I still don't believe it works if all involved have any sense of self wortu

[Samus Aran]

damn, real judgmental hours

[Kalahari Inkantation]

alright fine you turbothots, i will concede that, going by the dictionary definition, polyamorous and promiscuous don't have literally identical meanings

modified argument: in practice, polyamorous is used as a euphemism for promiscuous/polyerous 99% of the time

CHANGE MY MIND

and may i present to you a humorous anecdote from some highly defensive """poly""" rando's blog:

When I tell people that I’m poly they tend to assume that I am having orgies, one night stands, and some crazy kinky sex all the time. Now, I have nothing against any of these things per se, and I won’t say I’ve never indulged, but [...]

i lol'd

[Kalahari Inkantation]

I still don't believe it works if all involved have any sense of self wortu

Call me old-fashioned, but I agree.

[YPrrrr]

Edit: Never mind I confused polygamy with polyamorous relationships when theyre not the same obviously

[Kalahari Inkantation]

relevant crosspost:

Jealousy, Block theorizes, is a social construct based on the notion that husbands own their wives, and is thus "much more recent, evolutionarily speaking, than the competition that turns guys on. That's why it's mostly intellectuals who are into cuckolding: because other guys are crippled by jealousy. They're aroused and upset and don't know why."

[YPrrrr]

crosspost:

Jealousy, Block theorizes, is a social construct based on the notion that husbands own their wives, and is thus "much more recent, evolutionarily speaking, than the competition that turns guys on. That's why it's mostly intellectuals who are into cuckolding: because other guys are crippled by jealousy. They're aroused and upset and don't know why."

Everything is just a social construct mannn

[Kalahari Inkantation]

Edit: Never mind I confused polygamy with polyamorous relationships when theyre not the same obviously

well gee, this edit makes my relevant crosspost less relevant