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Article: Negotiated Nonmonogamy and Male Couples
- Article from:
- Family Process
- Article date:
- December 1, 2006
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CopyrightCopyright Family Process, Inc. Dec 2006. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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One issue that has the potential to confound family or couples therapists working with male couples is the issue of nonmonogamy. For many therapists, sexual nonexclusivity challenges fundamental clinical assumptions that "affairs," or extra-relationship sex or romantic involvements, are symptoms of troubled relationships and are always a form of "sexual acting out." This article explores the issue of sexual exclusivity and nonexclusivity within male couples. In order to achieve both clinical and cultural competency in work with male couples, therapists need to challenge their cultural biases regarding monogamy.
Keywords: Gay Men; Male Couples; Sexual Nonexclusivity; Monogamy
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