The classic guide to love sex and intimacy beyond the limits of conventional monogamy has
been fully updated to reflect today's modern attitudes and the latest information on
nontraditional relationships. "One of the most useful relationship books you could ever read
no matter what your lifestyle choices. It's chock-full of great information about communication
jealousy asking for what you want and maintaining a relationship with integrity."-Annie
Sprinkle PhD sexologist and author of Dr. Sprinkle's Spectacular Sex For 20 years The
Ethical Slut-widely known as the "Poly Bible"-has dispelled myths and showed curious readers
how to maintain a successful polyamorous lifestyle through open communication emotional
honesty and safer sex practices. The third edition of this timeless guide to the ethics of
relationships communication and sex has been revised to include: • Interviews with poly
millennials (young people who have grown up without the prejudices their elders encountered
regarding gender orientation sexuality and relationships) • Tributes to polyamory pioneers •
Tools for conflict resolution and instructions on how to improve interpersonal dynamics • New
sidebars on topics such as asexuality sex workers LGBTQ terminology and ways polys can
connect and thrive The authors also include new content addressing nontraditional
relationships beyond the polyamorous paradigm of "more than two": couples who don't live
together couples who don't have sex with each other nonparallel arrangements couples with
widely divergent sex styles power disparities and cross-orientation relationships while
utilizing nonbinary gender language and new terms that have come into common usage since the
last edition.
