The Ethical Slut

The classic guide to love, sex, and intimacy beyond the limits of conventional monogamy (nearly 200,000 copies sold) has been fully updated to reflect today's modern attitudes and the latest information on nontraditional relationships.

The classic guide to love, sex, and intimacy beyond the limits of conventional monogamy has been fully updated to reflect today's modern attitudes and the latest information on nontraditional relationships.

"One of the most useful relationship books you could ever read, no matter what your lifestyle choices. It's chock-full of great information about communication,jealousy, asking for what you want, and maintaining a relationship with integrity."-Annie Sprinkle, PhD, sexologist and author ofDr. Sprinkle's Spectacular Sex

For 20 yearsThe Ethical Slut-widely known as the "Poly Bible"-has dispelled myths and showed curious readers how to maintain a successful polyamorous lifestyle through open communication, emotional honesty, and safer sex practices. The third edition of this timeless guide to theethicsof relationships, communication, and sex has been revised to include-

.Interviews with poly millennials (young people who have grown up without the prejudices their elders encountered regarding gender, orientation, sexuality, and relationships)
. Tributes topolyamorypioneers
.Tools forconflictresolution and instructions on how to improveinterpersonal dynamics
. New sidebars on topics such as asexuality, sex workers,LGBTQterminology, and ways polys can connect and thrive

The authors also include new content addressing nontraditional relationships beyond the polyamorous paradigm of "more than two"- couples who don't live together, couples who don't have sex with each other, nonparallel arrangements, couples with widely divergent sex styles, power disparities, and cross-orientation relationships, while utilizing nonbinary gender language and new terms that have come into common usage since the last edition.