Tuesday, March 6, 2007

Is a harem considered polyamory?

Does polyamory allow a community of peope to build boundaries to their openness? In this case, do polyamory experts think of a harem as a case of polyamory, or is the one-to-four relationship not real polyamory?

Not that it really matters of the answer to the above questions is yes or no. Everyone designs his life according to his own standards. So will I. But it would be interesting to find out whether I could promote my harem concept into polyamory circles or whether doing so would be considered artificial - or worse - a lie.

Sultan Murati

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

It's technically polyamory, but it only follows the egalitarian spirit of polyamory if the women feel as free to take other lovers as the men do. Otherwise it is good old polygamy.

So basically it depends on how the relationship is structured.

As you said, you may design your life to your standards, and as long as everyone is consenting and is not sexually repressed in any way (liberal, non-patriarchal values), you will most likely be accepted in the polyamorous community.

However, if you do not give the women freedom to take other partners, I doubt any women of the polyamorous community will actually enter a relationship with you, if that's what you are looking for.