Relationship anarchy

An 'A' in a heart is a symbol of relationship anarchy.

Relationship anarchy (abbreviated RA) is the practice of forming relationships that are not bound by rules aside from what the people involved mutually agree on. If a relationship anarchist has multiple intimate partners, it can be considered as a form of polyamory, but distinguishes itself by postulating that there need not be a formal distinction between sexual, romantic or platonic relationships.

Relationship anarchists look at each relationship (romantic or otherwise) individually, as opposed to categorizing them according to societal norms such as 'just friends', 'in a relationship', or 'in an open relationship'. The term relationship anarchy was coined by Andie Nordgren,[1] and is the topic of Swedish bachelor theses by Jacob Strandell[2] and Ida Midnattssol.[3] It was discussed in workshops at OpenCon 2010,[4] and by Senior Open University lecturer Dr Meg Barker in a presentation in 2013.[5]

Relationship anarchy has its roots in the free love movement of the 20th century [6] which rejects the idea of marriage as being a form of social and financial bondage.

References

  1. ↑ Anapol, Deborah (2010). Polyamory in the 21st Century: Love and Intimacy with Multiple Partners. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
  2. ↑ "Det fria subjektets diskurs: en analys av de diskurser som möjliggör relationsanarkins diskurs och praktik.". http://www.lunduniversity.lu.se. 2011. Retrieved 14 July 2013. External link in |website= (help)
  3. ↑ "Ett relationsanarkistiskt ställningstagande - en undersökning av subjektspositionering inom relationsanarki.". http://umu.diva-portal.org. 19 March 2013. Retrieved 14 July 2013. External link in |website= (help)
  4. ↑ "So what’s OpenCon all about, then?". http://polytical.org. 5 October 2011. Retrieved 5 July 2013. External link in |website= (help)
  5. ↑ Barker, Meg (23 January 2013). "Rewriting the Rules: Non/monogamies". Retrieved 5 July 2013.
  6. ↑ Asexual, The Thinking. "Relationship Anarchy Basics". The Thinking Aro. Retrieved 2016-01-26.

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