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What should couples do when considering ethical nonmonogamy? | CNN

By Ian Kerner, CNN, Published 9:55 AM EST, Sun February 19, 2023

Exploring ethical nonmonogamy isn’t always easy for couples who have been monogamous in the past.
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Editor’s Note: Ian Kerner is a licensed marriage and family therapist, writer and contributor on the topic of relationships for CNN. His most recent book is a guide for couples, “So Tell Me About the Last Time You Had Sex.”

I believe the key to successful nonmonogamy is in one word: consensual. Known as ethical nonmonogamy, this approach is different from monogamous relationships in which partners cheat on each other.

An ethically nonmonogamous relationship involves two people who identify as a couple but who are not committed to a traditional relationship, according to sexologist Yvonne Fulbright.“

They’ve given each other the opportunity to date or have sex with other people independently,” said Fulbright, who is based in Iceland.

“Often a key component in these relationships working out is that the other relationship is only sexual, not romantic or emotional. There’s no deception about engaging in sex with others.”

Source: What should couples do when considering ethical nonmonogamy? | CNN

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‘Tradwives’ promote a lifestyle that evokes the 1950s. But their nostalgia is not without controversy | CNN

By Harmeet Kaur, CNN, Published 11:38 AM EST, Tue December 27, 2022

Editor’s Note: The past year was filled with uncertainty over politics, the economy and the ongoing pandemic. In the face of big changes, people found themselves longing for a different time. CNN’s series “The Past Is Now” examines how nostalgia manifested in our culture in 2022 — for better or for worse.

Tradwives champion strict gender roles in which men are the providers and women are the homemakers.
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CNN — On certain corners of the internet, a segment of women is exhibiting a nostalgia for an era it has never known. These millennials and zoomers glamorize the aesthetics of 1950s Americana, donning retro fit-and-flare dresses and posting vintage illustrations of aproned housewives placing dinner on the table.

Their politics, too, hearken back to that of the post-World War II boom (at least, for those who were straight, White and middle class). In their ideal society, men are the providers, women are the homemakers and the nuclear family is the holy grail.

Tradwife influencers often share images of 1950s housewives on social media, while encouraging submission to one’s husband.
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These young women belong to a small subculture called “tradwives.” Short for traditional wives, tradwives aren’t your average stay-at-home moms. They sneer at what they consider to be modern-day feminism, with its girlbosses and its ungratifying grind, and wax lyrical about the value of traditional gender roles. Crucially, they promote submission to one’s husband, sometimes evoking fundamentalist Christian principles in their beliefs.

Source: ‘Tradwives’ promote a lifestyle that evokes the 1950s. But their nostalgia is not without controversy | CNN

Love & Relationships

How technology has transformed how we connect-and reject-in the digital age |

“Roughly 40 million Americans are looking for love on the Internet. In relative terms, that’s equivalent to the entire population of Poland, scrolling through the human market, perusing row upon row of humans, and swiping left or right.”

Source: How technology has transformed how we connect-and reject-in the digital age |

Current Affairs, Libraries, Love & Relationships

Library wedding proposal results in marriage a year later — in the library. | UTSanDiego.com

“On Sept. 28, 2013 Jonathan Moore took his girlfriend, Amber Garcia, to the new central library dedication.

Instead of looking for books, however, they searched for bricks.

As part of a fundraiser for the futuristic dome-shaped library, a few months earlier Moore had purchased a brick for Garcia to have inscribed with a message of her choosing.

After they found her brick inlaid on the patio, Moore led her to a brick he had secretly bought. It said: “I love you, Amber.” Then he guided her to a third brick, inscribed: “Will you marry me?”

On Sept. 27, the anniversary of the library dedication, Moore and Garcia got married — in the library.”

via Library wedding proposal results in marriage a year later — in the library. | UTSanDiego.com.