Open : Love, Sex and Life in an Open Marriage (Paperback)

from mephistia

A very interesting look at the dynamics and communications that are present in open relationships and polyamorous marriages. It's also an interesting deconstruction of several social preconceptions of jealousy, monogamy, true love and what marriage and the nuclear family really mean. Block cite...

from damsorrow

Liked this a lot (a lot, lot) except for some bio-essentialist bits--even if you're saying that women aren't innately programmed to want monogamy, you're still saying that women are innately programmed, so no points awarded. Where are my intersectionality moon-sisters?* She addresses every point ...

from kateminasian

Jennifer Block can't understand why she wants to see intimacy outside her marriage, and Open is the tale of how she got to the point of having an open relationship with her husband. While Open was a good portrayal of an open relationship, I found the writing to be rambling at times, and not very ...

from esswedl

The writing itself is a little unstructured at points, and full of platitudes, but the import of the message and the courage of telling it make this great.

from esswedl

The writing itself is a little unstructured at points, and full of platitudes, but the import of the message and the courage of telling it make this great.