Scientific understanding of such relationships is still, however, rather limited. For instance, CNM may provide increased sexual variety (more appealing to men) and the chance to obtain further intimacy (more appealing to women). Second, each sex may be motivated to pursue this relationship option to satisfy some of their needs that are not being met in their current relationship. First, both partners discuss whether or not they want to be nonmonogamous and what the terms of their relationship will be. All of these relationships typically involve explicit negotiation. Open relationships are quite variable and can consist of anything from casual to committed dating with more than one individual. Polyamoury is based on the idea that one can be in love with, and committed to, multiple partners. Swinging consists of couples who are involved in a serious, romantic relationship (usually marriage), but also engage in some degree of partner-swapping. CNM consists of three main types of relationships: swinging, polyamoury, and open relationships. Between 25% and 75% of Americans have reported engaging in extramarital sex, but it is unknown how much of this is cheating and how much is actually consensual.
Thus, in the process of implicit negotiations taking place between individuals in the mating market, each sex gives some ground in order to facilitate a mateship that takes the form of a hybrid relationship.Īnother form of compromise between the sexes might be consensual nonmonogamy (CNM). For men, these couplings may provide sexual access for a relatively low level of investment. Hybrid relationships tend to provide women with access to mates they would be unable to attain as monogamous, fully committed partners. In contrast, women tend to want commitment, but men are not always offering that. That is, men would prefer to have casual sex with whomever they want, but women are unlikely to provide this. Such relationships can potentially be viewed as market-driven compromises between men's and women's ideal relationship types. Between one-third and one-half of college students report engaging in these types of mateships. The former two are situations in which individuals with some level of acquaintance engage in sex, but are not committed to each other. Such relationships include the booty-call, friends-with-benefits, and swingers. Whereas long-term, committed relationships (e.g., marriage) and short-term, casual sexual relationships (e.g., one-night stands) represent opposite types of relationships, there are various relationships that are somewhere in between, with elements of each. Li, in Encyclopedia of Human Behavior (Second Edition), 2012 Hybrid Relationships
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