cop-out answer? depends on what you think a sexual orientation is.
a lot of people think it only encompasses gender or sex of attraction. people from the queer theory sect generally argue that this is a narrow view of sexuality.
personally, i think a sexual orientation can encompass a lot of different things (and i have definitely known people that are more comfortable being polygamous than monogamous and vice versa).
the trouble arises when people compare being poly to (for example) being gay, because these are totally different parts of sexual orientation and gender&sex have a whole different cart full of baggage. apples & oranges imo. very sexy apples and oranges
Re: is poly a sexual orientation?
a lot of people think it only encompasses gender or sex of attraction. people from the queer theory sect generally argue that this is a narrow view of sexuality.
personally, i think a sexual orientation can encompass a lot of different things (and i have definitely known people that are more comfortable being polygamous than monogamous and vice versa).
the trouble arises when people compare being poly to (for example) being gay, because these are totally different parts of sexual orientation and gender&sex have a whole different cart full of baggage. apples & oranges imo. very sexy apples and oranges