User:Eanneyrey/Open relationship

Article Draft

 * Swinging:
 * From article: "Swinging is a form of open relationship in which the partners in a committed relationship engage in sexual activities with others at the same time. Swingers may regard the practice as a recreational or social activity that adds variety or excitement into their otherwise conventional sex lives or for curiosity. Swingers who engage in casual sex maintain that sex among swingers is often more frank and deliberative and therefore more honest than infidelity. Some couples see swinging as a healthy outlet and means to strengthen their relationship."
 * ADD INFO ABOUT THREESOMES OR ORGIES. link to article on wikipedia for both. Find prevalence of thirds or orgies
 * Presentation: I did not add this because it was very challenging to find reliable and credible sources that would be Wikipedia approved.
 * UNMADE EDIT


 * Prevalence:
 * From article: "Open relationships may also be more common among females rather than males, especially those in the same categories, such as college-educated, middle-class, white, younger Americans. This may be because women have more to gain by stressing this idea of equal rights, and that the women's rights movement supports the idea of open relationships." THIS IS OUTDATED. DELETE.
 * REPLACE WITH: According to the 2012 National Survey of Sexual Health and Behavior, 4% of respondents reported being in an open relationship. It was also found that males and LGB individuals are more likely to report being in an open relationship, with 33% of gay men, 23% of bisexual men, 5% of lesbian females, and 22% of bisexual females reporting an open relationship.
 * Presentation: I did this in order to update the article with more current and up-to-date research in the field. The original citation was not recent and no longer true.


 * Reasons for entering an open relationship:
 * ADD: I think a reason is that partners (mainly gay men or women) may not be sexually compatible and need someone else to fulfill their needs (two bottoms in a relationship).
 * Presentation: This is very hard to research and I could not find ANYTHING on this. This was just anecdotal from personal experiences, so I did not include it
 * UNMADE EDIT


 * KEEP "Research has shown comparable relationship satisfaction for both monogamous and non-monogamous couples. BUT WITH MY UPDATED CITATION
 * Presentation: while the information that was written held true, there was much more recent work published, so I updated the citation so that people would know it had been reviewed recently.
 * "Open relationships may create a sense of jealousy, attachment, or possessiveness, all of which are challenges for a relationship to work through. These emotions can also lead to greater self-awareness which may be seen as satisfying to those in open relationships." INSERT AFTER Some research has found that individuals in open relationships report less jealousy compared to those in monogamous relationships.
 * Presentation: I added this because jealousy is not always a definitive in open relationships and has been found to actually help reduce jealousy in couples.


 * Reasons for avoiding an open relationship:
 * ADD: Consensual nonmonogamous relationships have negative stereotypes around them, including less sexually fulfilling, more sexually risky, and less moral. These stereotypes are reinforced by mononormativity, which is simply the belief that monogamous relationships are the most natural and culturally acceptable relationship.
 * Presentation: The article failed to bring up stigmas associated with open relationships, which are a big reason many probably avoid them. They aren't educated on them and haven't really considered how negative stereotypes can negatively impact cognition surrounding openness.
 * Sexually transmitted infection: (maybe make a section called safe sex and condom use)
 * ADD: Using data from the 2012 National Survey of Sexual Health and Behavior, Levine et al. (2018) found that individuals in open relationships reported more condom use in both vaginal and anal intercourse compared to monogamous couples. Not sure ill add this
 * Presentation: I added this in order to make sure readers knew that those in open relationships do practice safe sex and this this is just a negative stereotype surrounding them. It also shows that there are many in open relationships who practice safe sex and that it's possible.
 * ADD: The development of PrEP has led to a decrease in risk for HIV infection by as much as 92%. If both partners are on PrEP, risk of HIV infection is diminished even if there are multiple partners.
 * Presentation: I added this because de-stigmatizing HIV and ensuring people know there is preventative medicine is important for public health.