Monday, August 12, 2024

polysecure: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy - Jessica Fern

 This book was kinda weird. It starts off with the author, a couples therapist, talking about what she saw missing from literature and her own experiences. Fair, that's a logical place for a book to start. Then spent most of the time talking about attachment theory, again, logical.  I actually preferred this part as it's not something I'd studied at all and appreciated how in-depth she got. It was very helpful. But then we start talking about poly and she just really insults it, degrades it, and goes on and on about how hard it is and really makes it seem like no one is happy.  She does a good job at selling monogamy except for the part where approximately 30%-60% of married hetero men will admit to cheating on their monogamous wives (who knows how many won't admit it, so one can safely assume the number is even higher). So basically, no one is happy in their relationships. Cool. Thanks for that.