TLC’s 'Seeking Brother Husband' follows women looking for additional male partners. Its star, Kenya Stevens, and experts discuss the phenomenon.
“It’s hard to say whether the representation has gotten better because the concept of polyamory is very new to most people,” says Willie Burnley Jr., city councilor of Somerville, Massachusetts, and a polyamory advocate. “More people are familiar with swinging and
Even the terminology of non-monogamy and polyamory can be specific and nuanced. Consensual non-monogamy, an umbrella term that polyamory and polygamy fall under, takes different forms depending on the relationship pairing. It could mean having multiple concurrent sexual relationships where partners agree not to emotionally connect to other people. It could mean what Kenya and her partners do, which is polyamory, where partners agree to be sexually and emotionally connected to other partners.
In conducting studies regarding American family life, Schechinger has found that most Americans are single or are a member of blended families. This phenomenon has also been documented by Dr. Dianne Stewart, whose bookchronicles the disruption of Black families starting from slavery, and the forceful tactics placed on them to adopt the capitalistic relationship structure, even despite their lack of capital.
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