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<p>Consensual non-monogamy (CNM) continues to grow in both visibility and practice but despite this, research demonstrates that mainstream approval of the lifestyle has not kept pace. Thus, CNM is still considered relatively marginalized and those who practice CNM as belonging to a sexual minority. Unsurprisingly, there is an abundance of scholarship examining the challenges and stigma faced by persons who participate in CNM. However, there is a dearth of literature that explores how CNM participants benefit from their involvement with CNM. This article represents an effort to offer a corrective. Thus, we examine both the challenges and the benefits of CNM. We pay special attention to the ways in which those who are involved with CNM realize growth in their capacities to connect with themselves, others, and the broader cultural environment. These benefits are not in spite of their involvement with CNM but because of them. In order to accomplish this, we draw on a sample of more than 100 survey respondents to a series of open-ended questions that was administered through the online platform Prolific. Employing the theories of Deleuze and Guattari, we explore how individuals are connected via lines of force and the various ways those lines both amplify and attenuate persons’ capacities for connection.</p>

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Distributed Intimacies: Growing Capacities in Consensual Non-monogamy

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    2025年5月10日

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  • George Sanders

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Consensual non-monogamy (CNM) continues to grow in both visibility and practice but despite this, research demonstrates that mainstream approval of the lifestyle has not kept pace. Thus, CNM is still considered relatively marginalized and those who practice CNM as belonging to a sexual minority. Unsurprisingly, there is an abundance of scholarship examining the challenges and stigma faced by persons who participate in CNM. However, there is a dearth of literature that explores how CNM participants benefit from their involvement with CNM. This article represents an effort to offer a corrective. Thus, we examine both the challenges and the benefits of CNM. We pay special attention to the ways in which those who are involved with CNM realize growth in their capacities to connect with themselves, others, and the broader cultural environment. These benefits are not in spite of their involvement with CNM but because of them. In order to accomplish this, we draw on a sample of more than 100 survey respondents to a series of open-ended questions that was administered through the online platform Prolific. Employing the theories of Deleuze and Guattari, we explore how individuals are connected via lines of force and the various ways those lines both amplify and attenuate persons’ capacities for connection.