What is relationship anarchy? Relationship anarchy is a lifestyle, a way of doing personal relationships. Relationship anarchy is a philosophy, specifically a philosophy of love. A relationship ana…

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/1882948

Insightful text on relationship anarchy with a focus on an asexual and/or aromantic perspective

What relationship anarchy hinges on the most, for me, is the equality it seeks to create across the relationship board, so that sexual relationships are not superior to nonsexual relationships and “romantic” relationships are not superior to nonromantic friendships, and that equality means that a nonsexual and/or nonromantic friend has the same amount of access to love, intimacy, physical affection, support, etc.

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  • PostmodernPythia@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    If this is what you want, do it and make clear to everyone that that is what you are doing. The problem is when people decide this is the one true way to nonmonogamy, which ime, happens quite a lot. I like my hierarchy out where I can see it, thanks.