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	Article on Polyfidelity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Polyfidelity is a new multi-adult family structure in which clusters of best friends come together around shared values, interests, life goals and mutual attraction.
		Polyfidelity is not suited to everyone, but there are probably many millions of people who have a hard time finding satisfaction or fulfilment in marriages, couples or open-ended affairs for whom this new lifestyle will be a dream come true.
		Polyfidelity is the first family structure to equalise that condition, and could never have existed in times or places where old-fashioned morality ruled people's lives.
	www.sexuality.org /l/polyamor/polart2.html (1010 words)

	Polyfidelity - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Polyfidelity, is a form of polyamorous group marriage wherein all members consider each other to be primary partners and agree to be sexual only with other members of this group.
		Polyfidelitous relationships are closed in the sense of closed and open marriages, in that partners agree not to be sexual outside the current members of the group.
		Indeed, one might think of polyfidelity as being very much like monogamy except that it may include more than two people (and may or may not be open to adding new members).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Polyfidelity (536 words)

	IC Web Site: Communities Directory: Article - Tale of Two Communes: A Scholar and His Errors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		It was polyfidelity that got Kerista on such programs as the Phil Donahue Show in the 1970s, and it was primarily an interest in studying polyfidelity that drew me and my utopian studies colleagues Lyman Sargent and Lise Leibacher to Kerista for a four-day visit in 1987.
		Put briefly, polyfidelity seemed to be working well in the sense that sleeping rotations were maintained, members expressed sexual satisfaction with the system, we sensed little jealousy, and friendships seemed strong among long-time members.
		Polyfidelity, which reportedly continues to work well for the new group, was not what was wrong with Kerista.
	www.ic.org /pnp/cdir/1995/12cummings.php (5162 words)

	Polyfidelity - description of a new type of family structure
		For starters, you had to be into polyfidelity as a lifestyle preference.
		Within a family, the consequences of singling out one person with whom you felt you had a problem were usually severe: more often than not, you'd wind being pressured to leave the group you were in, and end up separated from the ones you loved as well as the one or ones you did not.
		The way I see polyfidelity today is much more in terms of ordinary relationship issues than as some sort of major breakthrough unique to our idealistic lifestyle.
	www.kerista.com /what.html (2671 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Polyfidelity: A Pleasure Guide for All Women Whose Hearts Are Open to Multiple Sensualoves' or.
		She treats the difficult and delightful aspects of polyfidelity with respect, humor and care.
		Therapists, in her experience, tend to be judgmental when it comes to polyfidelity since an unstated agenda of most therapy is social control.
	www.mountainpridemedia.org /oitm/issues/1997/juau97/bkreview.htm (933 words)

	Frequently Asked Questions
		For us, Polyfidelity is first and foremost about creating long term, sustainable relationships based upon love, honesty, respect and trust.
		These relationships create a deeper bond in the sense that they go beyond what most people refer to as friendship and are more on the order of the depth of commitment that one feels when they choose to marry someone.
		If you are not willing to put the time into creating a strong friendship first and foremost, then polyfidelity at least as we practice it is not for you.
	members.tripod.com /jason_fox_mcknight/id5.html (1195 words)

	Looking for Love in All the Right Places - Part III: Ads That Get Responses; urban tribes, nonmonogamy, polyamory, and ...
		Although this is not exactly a new idea — hippies did it in the 60s and before that various religious groups, such as the Mormons — polyfidelity involves couples moving in together — generally into a large home with many amenities — and sharing expenses and a broad range of responsibilities.
		Polyfidelity in its various forms also goes by different names, including nonmonogamy, polyamory, and group marriage.
		Polyfidelity boasts a number of advantages including solving baby-sitting and help-when-you-need-it issues, and removing the need for relationship-threatening affairs.
	www.theinternetcollege.org /7b.htm (2889 words)

	Polyfidelity - Wipipedia
		Polyfidelity is a close-grouped form of polyamory in which more than two people have romantic relationships with sexual contact restricted to specific partners in a group.
		It does not have the sexual variety or freedom of more open arrangements or swinging.
		Polyfidelity is a common form of polyamory in D/s relationships with more than one person.
	www.londonfetishscene.com /wipi/index.php/Polyfidelity (135 words)

	Polyamory Terms and Concepts
		Coined in the late 70's by Kerista community, which also included the concept that all adults of compatible sexual orientations ould be sexual with each other, an attribute sometime omitted by others dentifying as polyfidelitous.
		Note that that in her 1996 book Lesbian Polyfidelity, author Celeste West uses "polyfidelity" for something pretty much synonymous with polyamory.
		This usage has not caught on much with the broader poly community, which by then already had the well-established terms polyamory and polyfidelity.
	www.openweave.org /NCPoly/PolyTerms.html (1771 words)

	The Open Hearts Project - Wolfie
		Polyfidelity is having a closed circle of lovers, with a shared commitment within that circle.
		She prefers to call her followers 'devotees' rather than 'slaves', because they have to be seriously devoted to put up with her, especially during her bouts with fibromyalgia.
		Currently creating a family with two other women and her ten year old daughter, (and they're taking applications) she dreams of a day when polyfidelity and polyamorous are everyday words and the day her daughter is done with puberty.
	www.polyamory.org /SF/Openheart/wolfie.html (3243 words)

	Polyfidelity
		There are concerns about sludge incineration because of polyfidelity pre-rifts in the theaters, along with the semi-tame quartet of hall-of-fame-bound straight-6, sounding this a less attractive and less commonly blocked aftereffects of polearm treatment and polyfidelity.
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	ecotech.products-home.com /naturism-pictures/cool-car-pictures/polyfidelity (2385 words)

	Polyfidelity Pioneers (News) Nick Rose
		Popular culture has long grasped the concept of polygamy, but polyfidelity -- multiple partners forming committed relationships with each other in a sort of group-based monogamy -- has been much less understood, if at all.
		Twenty-five years after audience members marveled at three members of the polyfidelity-based Kerista family who appeared on "The Phil Donahue Show," the practice can still evoke wonder and condemnation.
		Finally frustrated with the inability to speak their minds, during a "gestalt-o-rama" the family began to, as Newitz puts it, "gestalt the gestalter." This turned out to be the death-knell of an otherwise wildly successful stab at polyfidelity in America.
	www.utne.com /webwatch/2006_231/news/11952-1.html (383 words)

	Polyfidelity and paganism
		This is where the ‘fidelity' part of Polyfidelity comes in.
		The old adage of ‘an it harm none, do what you will' is applied by many of us; I don't follow it myself, and I certainly wouldn't want to disentangle the complex issue of whether upsetting someone emotionally is ‘harm', particularly when the alternative is to be false to yourself.
		The Pagan path is concerned with polyfidelity from the start, since we are (as a rule!) pantheistic and concerned with many worlds of action.
	www.whitedragon.org.uk /articles/polyfila.htm (1250 words)

	The Lior'coiloin Family
		Although polyfidelity, polyamory, and other forms of reponsible non-monogamy are becoming much more common place in this day and age; we are still considered "alternative" by most.
		Polyfidelity is the choice to love more than one person at a time in a committed relationship in which everyone in the relationship agrees to be sexually involved with only the members of the bonded group.
		For a large number of cultures across the globe, polyamorous relationships of one type or another are the norm.
	jason_fox_mcknight.tripod.com (481 words)

	clitoressa.net poly*
		Then there is the concept of fluid monogamy / polyfidelity, wherein sex between partner(s) is unprotected, but any sexual activity outside the defined relationship is strictly safe.
		Emotionaly polyfidelity is basically the same thing with a multiple structure.
		POLYFIDELITY- (poly=many; fidelis=faithful) The state or practice of sexual exclusivity among a group of three or more primary partners.
	www.clitoressa.net /poly/viele.html (825 words)

	Tucson Weekly: A Polyamory Glossary (February 14 - February 20, 2002)
		Coined by the Keristan Commune of San Francisco, which practiced polyfidelity and was disbanded in the early 1990s.
		Based on the conscious choice of how many partners one wishes to be involved with, rather than accepting social norms that dictate monogamy as the only acceptable form of love.
		Polyfidelity: A group in which all partners are primary to all other partners and sexual fidelity is to the group.
	www.tucsonweekly.com /tw/2002-02-14/feat3.html (277 words)

	Focus on Jealousy - From "Loving More: The Polyfidelity Primer" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The word jealousy is often used to describe the emotion felt when a person fears the loss of a partner.
		Usually there is blend of both internal and external factors that work together in a cycle which perpetuates itself.
		In polyfidelity this can be avoided since the relationships are designed to be inclusive rather than exclusive.
	www.libchrist.com /poly/Jealousy.html (319 words)

	Introduction to Polyamory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		One of the most popular styles of polyamory is polyfidelity, sometimes also called closed group marriage.
		In polyfidelity, groups of three or more lovers consider themselves essentially married to each other.
		Polygamy, as it was practiced by the original Mormon, was just one example of polyfidelity.
	www.twomoons.com /polyamory/swpc/polyintr.htm (927 words)

	UP4 / Polyfidelity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		She introduces a gender neutral (or symmetrical) term for the social configuration previously known as polygamy (or polyandry) : "polyfidelity".
		As illustrated in Francois Truffaut's Jules et Jim, polyfidelity is sometimes the only way to stabilize one's personal network.
		I personally think that the whole monogamy scheme was setup by religious and political authorities to better control the masses, as with every other sexual prohibition.
	www.up4.com /archives/000052.html (307 words)

	RE: [UUPoly-L] Polyfidelity on Dr. Phil this Thursday
		The sanctimonious twit will tell him he better live up to his vows and buckle down and be miserable, and validate the wife's position.
		The time to ask to try polyfidelity is not after infidelity.
		Instead of getting a divorce, Charles wants to explore polyfidelity -- a relationship where he is shared between his wife and his mistress.
	www.uupa.org /mailman/htdig/uupoly-l/2006-February/msg00001.html (313 words)

	Unenrolled Baha'is--Beliefnet.com
		For those of you that don't know what that is I'll give a short explanation.
		Polyfidelity is similiar to polygamy in that we consider our relationships to be marriages.
		this would thus preclude someone pusuing a polyfidelous relationship and prsuing membership in the Faith.
	www.beliefnet.com /boards/message_list.asp?boardID=23172&discussionID=500214 (540 words)

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		Featured in the article was a two-page spread entitled "Polyfidelity: the Kerista Village Ideal," which discussed the Keristan communal experiment, with its total absence of jealousy.
		The family structure that we have is called polyfidelity, and as the word sounds, it's fidelity to a group of people in family units.
		I'd like to know how many of these polyfidelity communes there are, and if you see this happening more in the future.
	www.kerista.com /kerdocs/donahue.html (6363 words)

	Polyfidelity - description of a new type of family structure
		Polyfidelity - description of a new type of family structure
		'The problems polyfidelity solves: loneliness, jealousy, social fragmentation, housing shortages, single parenting, economic strain, emotional boredom'
		Abundant Love Institute which includes details on the relationship style called "polyamory".
	www.kerista.com /poly.html (936 words)

	Marriage BuildersÂ®: "polyfidelity" on Dr Phil 2/2/06
		Perhaps the word "polyfideltiy" throws people off, Polygamy, polyamory, polyfidelity, are all "nice" words for cheating.
		But it is what it is no matter how you try to disguise it with three dollar words.
		In this day and age you see everything it is not fair to change marriage into what it should not be you took vows to each other and that is the bottom line how dare some of these people to turn something that is suppose to be pure into trash and smut?
	www.marriagebuilders.com /ubbt/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=2930915&Main=2925072 (971 words)

	Polygamy 101
		Polygamy.com does not condone the criminal practice of bigamy where a man marries two women without them having full knowledge of his marital relationship to the other.
		Polygamy.com does not approve of "polyfidelity" and/or "polyamory" which is a verbal facade trying to legitimize sexual promiscuity.
		Polyfidelity and/or Polyamory refers to all forms of multi-partner relating between adults which are ethical and consensual.
	www.polygamy.com /articles/templates/?a=5 (556 words)

	Amazon.com: Lesbian Polyfidelity: A Pleasure Guide for the Woman Whose Heart Is Open to Multiple, Concurrent ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The author of Lesbian Polyfidelity dares to love outside the lines of monogamy and has generously provided suggestions for those who are trying to navigate honest love lives that respect each woman's differing needs.
		While rewarding, polyfidelity offers its own challenges and this book provides suggestions for dealing with jealousy and setting personal boundaries.
		Along with her spiritual view of life, the author throws in a few breakfast recipes, reminding us to have healthy food around the house to sustain the emotional and physical energy required for relationships.
	www.amazon.com /Lesbian-Polyfidelity-Concurrent-Sexualoves-Non-Monogamy/dp/0912932163 (1219 words)

	Polyamory Society
		One of the most popular styles of Polyamory is Polyfidelity.
		In Polyfidelity, groups of three or more partners consider themselves essentially married to each other.
		Polygyny, as it was practiced by the Mormons, is just one example of Polyfidelity.
	www.polyamorysociety.org /page14.html (349 words)

	Seattle Poly Potlucks Group: Polyfidelity, Group/Open Marriage, Responsible Non-Monogamy/Nonmonogamy, Multi-partner ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		If you have a partner, it is customary to tell them that you are going to this meeting or to bring them.
		We recomend that you read the Polyfidelity Primer and/or Love Without Limits (in the Seattle, King County libraries and possibly in the Pierce County, and Snohomish-Island County libraries) and/or visit the Society for Human Sexuality Web site to read some FAQs about polyamory (and lots of other interesting topics).
		sliding scale small donation of $3-5 is requested to cover the cost for space rental, donations to our Web site provider, photocopies of articles on polygamy, polyandry, polygyny, polyfidelity, polyintimacy, polyamory, responsible non-monogamy, multipartner relationships, sharing their mates with others, open marriage, and/or group marriage, and expense for our shared phone line.
	www.scn.org /~spg (2108 words)

	Some Notes on Poly Terms and Concepts
		As coined by Kerista community (1971-1991), this also included the expectation that all adults of compatible sexual orientations would be sexual with each other, but today many polyfides do not expect this..
		Note that that in her 1996 book Lesbian Polyfidelity, author Celeste West uses "polyfidelity" pretty much as others use "polyamory", described above.
		This usage did not catch on much with the broader poly community, which by then already had the well-established meanings for the terms polyamory and polyfidelity.
	www.g4coop.com /aphroweb/polyterms.htm (1857 words)

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