Here’s What Swinging, Open Relationships, and Polyamory Look Like
“The social stigma around alternative sexualities has been slowly but surely waning over the last decade, with more positive media representation than ever,” says Zhana Vrangalova, Ph.D., who teaches human sexuality at New York University and runs a course and event series about open relationships. Plus, ENM is getting simpler to pull off: “Dating apps make finding multiple partners easier than ever,” she adds. “Honesty and consent have become more important to us post-#MeToo. And the pandemic forced so many of us into a period of extreme monotony, which exposed the limitations of monogamy to many couples.”