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Multiamory: Rethinking Modern Relationships

336 - Queerplatonic and Alterous Relationships

Multiamory: Rethinking Modern Relationships

Multiamory, LLC

Relationships, Sexuality, Education, Society & Culture, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness

4.9970 Ratings

🗓️ 24 August 2021

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

This episode covers the origins of the term platonic, differences in language between romantic and platonic relationships, and alterous and queerplatonic relationships. Learn about these terms and how they have filled an important gap in how we talk about relationships. Join our amazing community of listeners at multiamory.com/join. We offer sliding scale subscriptions so everyone can also get access to ad-free episodes, group video discussions, and our amazing Discord community. Multiamory was created by Dedeker Winston, Jase Lindgren, and Emily Matlack.Our theme music is Forms I Know I Did by Josh and Anand.Follow us on Instagram @Multiamory_Podcast and visit our website Multiamory.com. We are a proud member of the Pleasure Podcasts network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Some people tend to associate the term

0:34.4

relationship with being a very core or long-term partnership that is non-romantic and while

0:37.0

altorous attraction tends to include more casual forms of attraction.

0:40.9

Of course, as you'll see from all the internet debates, that's not always true.

0:44.8

And you know, just like romantic and sexual and platonic relationships can have a wide

0:51.0

range of enmeshedment and commitment, so can queer platonic relationships

0:54.9

and altruist ones as well.

0:57.8

And both of these concepts are very much connected to a lot of the concepts that are attached

1:02.3

to relationship anarchy. You know, where the terms of a relationship are decided by the people involved based on the specifics of what those people need and their connection rather than taking on a whole set of expectations and limitations by default

1:16.1

like we do when we fall into these default categories of like oh we're going to call this a romantic

1:20.3

relationship or we're going to call this a platonic relationship.

1:24.0

Welcome to the multi-amory podcast.

1:26.2

I'm Jace.

1:27.2

I'm Emily.

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