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Almost every time I speak to a general-public audience about my research on polyamory, someone eventually asks if poly people’s desire for multiple partners means that they don’t really love each ...

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A recent study published in the Archives of Sexual Behavior provides new insights into how our sense of smell and feelings of ...

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