Why Being Poly Is More Natural Than We Give It Credit For

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Exploring BDSM has exposed many notions and pre-conceived ideas that I didn't even know that I had. It has turned my perceptions and stereotypes on their head and showed me that I have led a sheltered and naïve life in many ways. What I was completely unprepared for, though, was to have my notions of dominance, feminism and polyamory challenged and ultimately overturned.

I grew up in a standard nuclear household. I was also raised a Southern Baptist...