I wanted to include links to other related communities in this community. I was trying to come up with terms for all these related relationship types, and then I remembered that this venn existed. I’ve seen numerous versions of this previously. This one happens to come from (https://polyadvisor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/nonmonogamy3-large-768x512.png) or REALLY ENORMOUS (https://www.xeromag.com/sexualinformatics/nonmonogamy2.5.2.gif) See, I even credited my source. :-D
it’s a nice diagram, but it’s not a Venn diagram
Cool, what term would you use to describe this diagram?
(https://www.splashlearn.com/math-vocabulary/geometry/venn-diagram)
bunch of overlapping rectangles….
a venn diagram shows all possible intersections within groups… and is kinda pointless past 4….
this one seems to be just intentionally over complicating things for entertainment
I was going to correct you but you’re actually right. The term for this is a Euler diagram. I think they’re more useful.
I’m pretty sure “intentionally over complicating things for entertainment” overlaps significantly with most forms of “Non-monogamy”, and with “the human experience”. ;-) The pertinent question is, which of these rectangles/ explanatory examples fits for a given person, and which one’s don’t? I believe this diagram was developed to help us understand where we fit in the poly-schema we’ve developed.
Here’s the article on Polyadvisor explaining the brainchild of Franklin Veaux, author of More Than Two - (https://polyadvisor.com/the-venn-diagram-of-polyamory/)
And from Franklin Veaux’s Blog, An update (December 20, 2017) to the Map of Non-Monogamy (https://blog.franklinveaux.com/2017/12/an-update-to-the-map-of-non-monogamy/)
There is some middle ground between “you guys go do that kinky stuff, I don’t want to hear about it” and “my husband visits a pro domme”
“Do you want to try my new paddle today? Not today? Ok”
“Dragon Con, need I say more?”
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Solo polyamory, relationship anarchy, and hierarchical stuff I think need to be better represented.
I avoid a lot of stuff I consider to be hierarchical nonsense. Stuff like “I need permission from my other partner for stuff I do with you”. Anything with “veto power” is right out.
Con sex is probably over represented? I don’t know if that deserves a whole bubble on its own. Seems like a more specific instance of something else.