Great Poly Myths

Mythes vond ik in een forum van 1999

• Poly people are never, ever jealous.
  
• Poly people have (choose one) better/more/weirder/all-of-the-above sex.
  
• Poly people are all bisexual.
  
• Poly people communicate better than our monogamous brothers and sisters.
  
• Poly people must be more outgoing than everyone else.
  
• Poly people all want to live in communes and raise children together.
  
• Poly people practice tantric sex.
  
• Poly people are all white.
  
• Poly people are all middle class or upper-middle class.
  
• People who are poly are automatically more open-minded about other forms of "alternative" sexuality or life choices.
  
• ObPolyMyths: All poly people always do full disclosure.
  
• Poly people are just in it for the sex.
  
• Polyamory has nothing to do with sex. (Who says myths are coherent?)
  
• Poly people never cheat.
  
• Poly people have weird relationships with parrots.
  
• Poly people within a relationship are telepathic.
  
• Poly people can start up a stable household just like *that*.
  
• Poly people are all into kinky sex/BDSM.
  
• Poly people all have group sex.
  
• Poly people are all promiscuous.
  
• You have to have internet access to be truly poly (okay, maybe I buy into this one a little bit ;-).
  
• If you are jealous, you *CAN'T* be poly.
  
• There is a secret magic spell that will convince your spouse to try poly.
  
• There is a secret key that will gain you access to the Land of Bisexual Women Who Want to Make a Family With You and Your Spouse.
  
• Poly folks all have byzantine sleeping schedules posted on the refrigerator.
  
• Poly folks are all into SF Fandom, SCA, and RenFaire.
  
• Poly folks are More Evolved.
  
• Poly people are pagans and *never* go to church.
  
• Poly people can't have long term relationships because they suffer from ADD.
  
• Poly people are left-over free-love hippies from the 60's
  
• Once a poly, always a poly.
  
• Polys and monos don't mix.
  
• A poly world would be a horrible thing.
  
• All gay/lez/bi people are poly people, they just don't know it.
  
• All poly people are gay/lez/bi, they just don't know it.
  
• Poly men are promiscuous womenizers.
  
• Poly women are promiscuous sluts.
  
• Poly people don't need to verbalize their needs because they are all telepathic.
  
• Poly people all prioritize their relationships the exact, same way.
  
• Um, poly people need sleep.
  
• Real poly people don't have rules.
  
• Poly people all live in big old houses with cats.
  
• Poly people are naturists.
  
• Poly people all find partners by placing personal ads.
  
• Being Poly is an inherent part of who someone is.
  
• Being Poly is not an inherent part of who someone is.
  
• Poly is the same thing as Swinging.
  
• Poly is a subset of Swinging.
  
• Swinging is a subset of Poly.
  
• Poly and Swinging are totally unrelated things.
  
• All poly people are poticially liberal.
  
• All poly people are activists.
  
• All poly people are gender feminists.
  
• All poly people are eco-minded.
  
• All poly people support the LGB community.
  
• All poly people are Pagan.
  
• Poly people are all straight, except for the occasional bi female.
  
• Poly people are all either men or women.
  
• Poly is a USAmerican thing.
  
• Poly is a GenX thing.
  
• Poly people all like to cuddle with anybody.
  
• All poly people/relationships are primary/secondary.
  
• All poly people/relationships are non-hierarchical.
  
• Poly people are never controlling or manipulative toward their partners.
  
• Polyamory is just a euphemism for promiscuity.
  
• Poly people have no morals, so they are necessarily unfit to raise children.
  
• Polyamory is just [youthful exuberance][midlife crisis], an adventurous interlude in an otherwise monogamous life.
  
• Poly people are all poly because a poly family is the best environment in which to raise children.
  
• polyamory really is all about sex.
  
• All poly people are shiftless emotional drifters using an ersatz philosophy to avoid settling down and raising a family.
  

PolyToo schreef:

• Poly people have weird relationships with parrots.
  
• Poly people within a relationship are telepathic.
  
• Poly people can start up a stable household just like *that*.
  
• Poly folks all have byzantine sleeping schedules posted on the refrigerator.
  
• Poly people are left-over free-love hippies from the 60's.
  
• Um, poly people need sleep.
  
• Poly people all live in big old houses with cats.
  
• Being Poly is an inherent part of who someone is.
  
• Being Poly is not an inherent part of who someone is.
  
• Poly people are all either men or women.

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