The University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee’s LGBTQ+ Resource Center recently promoted one of the “hidden gems” of polyamory: “petamours,” reports Campus Reform:
The post defines “petamours” as “a pet you get to enjoy due to being part of a polyamorous relationship or polycule.” The term is a portmanteau of the words “metamour,” which the Polyamory Dictionary defines as “[someone] that your romantic partner is in such a relationship with, but you are not,” and pet.
The post distinguishes between the terms “polyamorous relationship” and “polycule,” defining the former as “a relationship where at least [one] person is consensually involved with more than one partner” and the latter as “a label to describe all people connected in or by” a relationship in which more than two people are involved.
“Along with bonding with your [metamours], you get to meet and love their pets, too,” the infographic continues….
This is not the first time that Campus Reform has reported on institutes of higher education promoting polyamory.
In 2017, Campus Reform reported that the University of North Florida planned to host a workshop titled “Polyamory vs. Cheating: Lessons from a Former Serial Monogamist” as a part of its annual “Sex Week.”
The university described the event as providing “outreach, education, and support for those involved in or seeking relationships with non-traditional structures.”
A sex-toy shop was advertised as “gender affirming care” by the University of Oregon. The shop says that “queerness is about disrupting hetero-patriarchal spaces and challenging the status quo.” The shop’s blog posts include “Three, or Four, or Maybe More!” — a guide to “Threesomes, Foursomes, and Moresomes” — and “The Best Buy for Your Booty,” which offers an anal toy collection in celebration of “Anal August.”
To kick off its annual “sex week”, Harvard University provided instruction on how to have anal sex.
If you are a student at a place like Harvard, and you talk about sex in ways that inadvertently offend a listener, you may be disciplined for sexual harassment. But college officials themselves talk about the most graphic and offensive sexual subjects, even when it is unrelated to pedagogy or the curriculum.
