Free Love Movement In The 19th Century

The dominant norm in the nineteenth century was a heterosexual monogamous relationship, but during this periods of time many groups of people came out like the gays, lesbians, transgender, and many more, who challenged the social norm . In the 1820’s the transcendental movement began. This movement was compose of a group of activist, who believed that society, religion, and politics prevented people from being and acting how they wanted. Instead this activist believed that people should be independent and self-reliant, when choosing how to live their lives. Then there was the free love movement, which supported casual sexual encounters with little to no commitment. In the twentieth century there where many sexual revolutions began, “Gays and

Since polyamory relationships has so many people involve, that the partners are divided into categories, “Common polyamorous set-ups include people having one or two “primary” partners and other “secondary” ones, triads (where three people are involved with each other), and quads (e.g., two couples being involved with each other).” (Barker). A polyamorist person always has their primary relationship, which is the person they are being with the most, have more intimacy with, attraction, and commitment. Then, there is the secondary relationship, which are provided the same, but less than the primary partner, and also they have less financial and legal involvement. Lastly, there is the third relationship, where they go to that person for emotional support or for sudden sexual desire, not for a long term relationship. There is also the triads, which is compose of only three people and all of them are sexually and emotionally intimate. Finally, there is a quad, which can either be four people, but the most common is two couples. In quads, not all member are sexually or emotionally connected, but somehow through their partners they are all in a