The Ethical Slut
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| Author | Dossie Easton, Catherine A. Liszt |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Greenery Press |
| Released | ?, 1997 |
| Pages | 288 |
| ISBN | ISBN 1-890159-01-8 |
The Ethical Slut: A Guide to Infinite Sexual Possibilities (ISBN 1-890159-01-8), is an English language essay written by Dossie Easton and Catherine A. Liszt (a pseudonym of Janet Hardy).
It discusses how to live an active life with multiple concurrent sexual relationships in a fair and honest way. Discussion topics include how to deal with the practical difficulties and opportunities in finding and keeping partners, maintaining relationships with others, and strategies for personal growth. According to their principles, "a slut is a person of any gender who has the courage to lead life according to the radical proposition that sex is nice and pleasure is good for you."
Although the term used most frequently in the book, other than slut, is "consensual nonmonogamy", many practitioners of polyamory, swinging, open marriages, and other forms of open relationships consider The Ethical Slut to be a crucial guidebook to putting their lifestyle into practice. It contains chapters discussing how consensual nonmonogamy is handled in different subcultures such as the gay and lesbian communities, information on handling scheduling, jealousy, communication, conflict in relationships, and etiquette for group sexual encounters.
The Ethical Slut was first published in 1997 by Greenery Press.
According to Minx, host of the Polyamory Weekly podcast, rumor has it that Easton is working on a sequel to "The Ethical Slut."
[edit] External links
- Greenery Press, homepage of the publishers of The Ethical Slut
- A positive review of The Ethical Slut
- Amazon.com customer reviews of "The Ethical Slut"
- Polyamory Weekly podcast
- Summary on Qwantz Dinosaur Comics
