Polyerosy, the much needed counterpart to Polyamory
Polyerosy (from Greek πολύ poly, “many, several”, and Greek ἔρωτες erotes, the plural of eros ἔρως "sexual desire") means to be capable of being sexually attracted to more than one person at the same time and be in an consensual & sexual relationship with any of those people.
Polyamory combines plural sexual relationships & plural romantic relationships unneccessarily. Plural sexual & romantic relationships do coincide with each other but not always. Someone may be Monoamorous, but have plural sexual relationships, or vice versa. Someone may be Polyerosous, but is Nonamorous.
Poly//erosy could always be used to describe a sexual relationship inside a non-mono/polyamorous relationship between one party and another, like how poly//amory is used to describe romantic relationships.
The person would be a Polyerosist, Polye/Polyeros, Polyerosous like with Polyamory, the person would be a Polyamorist, Polyam, and Polyamorous.
There's other terms like Open Relationships and Swinging, but it doesn't carry the same weight, stability and language meaning as Polyamory.
If we adopt Polyerosy in the Non-Mono/Poly community we could still use Polyamory as an umbrella term for people who are still both Polyamorous and Polyerosous.
That's why a term like Polyerosy is necessary, healthy, sensible to adopt into usage for those who need it in the Non-Mono/Polyam community.
Term coined by: @thehollowkidvg
[image description: a flag with three stripes. from top to bottom they are: black, dark red, dark blue. a golden ‘ἔ’ symbol, the greek lowercase letter Epsilon with a psili and oxia is centered on the center stripe.]
[image description: a flag with three stripes. from top to bottom they are: black, dark red with hues of purple, dark blue with hues of purple. a golden ‘ἔ’ symbol, the greek lowercase letter Epsilon with a psili and oxia is centered on the center stripe.]
Designed by: @snapbacksteben & @thehollowkidvg
Color meanings:
Black: Solidarity & pride with those who hide those relationships from the outside world due to societal pressures.
Red: Sexual desire, sexuality, intensity and passion.
Blue: The openness, communication and honesty amongst all partners in poly relationships. Flexibility and freedom.
The Golden Epsilon symbol: Greek lowercase letter ‘Epsilon with a psili and oxia’, as the first letter of ‘Erotes’ or 'Eros'. the Gold color represents the value that we place on the close connections we make with others.
The darker hues in the first flag: Pride, strength courage and fortitude of being non-mono/poly.
The purple hues in the second flag: tactfulness, diplomacy, consensuality and professionalism needed when being in a sexual relationship with someone, be it mono or non-mono.
I would really appreciate if you can help me champion Polyerosy to common usage in the Non-Mono/Poly Community. Let me know if you identify as Polyerosous in anyway and let me know if I need to clarify anything. Thanks for reading this post, it means a lot to me!
