Recently, various forms of non-monogamy have come to the forefront of popular culture. From TV shows like Swingtown *and *Sister Wives, to a spate of articles on polyamory in practically every newspaper and magazine, it can sometimes seem that everyone is talking about non-monogamy.
Monogamy, however, remains an unmarked term, one of those concepts (like pornography) that is ubiquitous, accepted, and recognized, yet difficult to define and even harder to discuss. The boundaries of monogamy are constantly shifting and changing, even as everyone pretends that monogamy is clear, easy and well understood.
This interactive presentation combines clips from popular media, scholarly sources, and audience votes to explore the complexity of monogamy in a variety of circumstances and settings and then ask the question “What does our culture gain—and lose—by ignoring this complexity?”
About the presenterAnnalisa Castaldo
Associate Professor at Widener University, specializing in Shakespeare and other Early Modern Literature. I also have an M.Ed in Human Sexuality from Widener.