Ah, I understand now. It was an easy assumption to make in that context, because the stereotype is that gay men are fine with non-monogamous relationships, but women are typically reluctant to let their boyfriends have sex with other partners (and there is some evidence that non-monogamy is more common among gay couples).
If you don’t mind me asking, does it raise different issues, or are there different background assumptions, in considering whether to be monogamous when dating another male?
If you don’t mind me asking, does it raise different issues, or are there different background assumptions, in considering whether to be monogamous when dating another male?
Well, I’ve never dated a female, so I can’t actually compare the two. I wouldn’t expect there to be different issues and assumptions because we’re a gay couple. (Apart from the obvious stuff like family disapproving, of course.)
I should note, however, that this is a back-door relationship: it started with us talking about sex in general, then it progressed to talking about sex with each other, then it progressed to us feeling jealous at the thought of each other having sex with anyone else, at which point we decided to consider ourselves in a relationship.
I’ve faced more resistance to polyamory from men I’ve dated than women, but my case may be atypical. I suspect (but can’t prove) that gay men are more often non-monogamous because they already have some experience with questioning and defying social norms involving sexuality. There’s also probably much more to it than that.
I was in doubt on Warragal myself, and somewhat curious. Writing style what I could inferred about style of thought suggested male but given a male partner and the prior for heterosexual vs non-heterosexual preferences I couldn’t have any confidence.
I took more information from this (than the name, not the unambiguous revelation). The writing sounds like it comes from a male while the majority of references to ‘my boyfriend’ come from females.
He.
Note to self: never assume people are male online.
Hmm? Stefan assumed you were female, right?
Yes. Given how I feel about people assuming that I’m female, I would be a hypocrite to make an assumption about someone’s gender in the future.
Ah, I understand now. It was an easy assumption to make in that context, because the stereotype is that gay men are fine with non-monogamous relationships, but women are typically reluctant to let their boyfriends have sex with other partners (and there is some evidence that non-monogamy is more common among gay couples).
If you don’t mind me asking, does it raise different issues, or are there different background assumptions, in considering whether to be monogamous when dating another male?
Well, I’ve never dated a female, so I can’t actually compare the two. I wouldn’t expect there to be different issues and assumptions because we’re a gay couple. (Apart from the obvious stuff like family disapproving, of course.)
I should note, however, that this is a back-door relationship: it started with us talking about sex in general, then it progressed to talking about sex with each other, then it progressed to us feeling jealous at the thought of each other having sex with anyone else, at which point we decided to consider ourselves in a relationship.
I’ve faced more resistance to polyamory from men I’ve dated than women, but my case may be atypical. I suspect (but can’t prove) that gay men are more often non-monogamous because they already have some experience with questioning and defying social norms involving sexuality. There’s also probably much more to it than that.
I was in doubt on Warragal myself, and somewhat curious. Writing style what I could inferred about style of thought suggested male but given a male partner and the prior for heterosexual vs non-heterosexual preferences I couldn’t have any confidence.
Here.
Warrigal is female sounding to most?
I took more information from this (than the name, not the unambiguous revelation). The writing sounds like it comes from a male while the majority of references to ‘my boyfriend’ come from females.
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