ONLINE: Polyamory and Power Exchange Relationships
This class breaks down some common problems encountered when combining D/s dynamics and polyamorous relationship styles, and offers strategies for working through those pitfalls.
We offer a sliding scale, so that cost is not a barrier to attendance.
$25 is what most people should pay.
$15 is offered if the $25 ticket would be a barrier to participation.
$35 allows us to make the discounted ticketing available to others.
Choose the level you can comfortably afford.
Power Exchange Relationships, or D/s relationships, can seem to be at odds with polyamorous theory, because of polyamory’s focus on personal responsibility and autonomy. This class breaks down some common problems encountered when combining D/s dynamics and polyamorous relationship styles, and offers strategies for working through those pitfalls, including:
- Creating an egalitarian container within the D/s dynamic to negotiate polyamorous concerns
- Pre-negotiation of relationship terms
- Differentiating similar D/s relationships within a polycule
- Including a D/s relationship in an otherwise egalitarian network
- Negotiating the interaction of different power exchange relationships
- Is my Dom's Master mine?
I also offer lots of time for workshop style discussion of what works for participants who are in multiple dynamics or one D/s dynamic within a larger polycule, so that class participants can hear a variety of experiences.
PRESENTER:
Laura Boyle is a writer, polyamorist, and educator who has been teaching classes on polyamory, sexuality, boundaries, kink, and the intersection of those on a local level and at conventions since 2018. She is the author of Ready for Polyamory: A Pragmatic Guide to Consensual Non-Monogamy. After more than 15 years in consensually non-monogamous relationships, in polycules that have ranged from temporarily closed Vs to constellations whose shapes are increasingly indescribable depending on which relationships folks consider worth including, she loves to share practical information learned from years of fixing her own mistakes and missteps.
TICKETING:
$20-$40 in advance. Please pay at the level you can comfortably afford. We offer a sliding scale, so that cost is not a barrier to attendance.
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Patreon members at the VIP+ level may get discounted tickets for $10. Just see your Patreon membership emails for this month's discount code. Find out more at Patreon.com/WickedGrounds!
If cost is a barrier at any level, please use the "Volunteer List" to request a free scholarship ticket. We will award as many scholarship tickets as we an on a space-available basis.
ACCESS:
This will be a live, online class offered through Zoom. To participate, you will need to download the free, basic version of the Zoom app before the class! This class will not be recorded and is not available for later viewing.
Zoom now provides closed captioning which will be available for this event.