Author Archives: Dr. Elisabeth "Eli" Sheff, PhD, CASA, CSE

The Polyamorous Possibility and Fear of the OTHER

  Why do some people feel threatened by other peoples’ sexual orientations? There are two primary reasons why some people are threatened by others’ sexual variation: religious/moral judgment that it is wrong to have sex for fun, and fear. Fear of difference, fear of their own desires, fear of the unknown. First, moral disdain. NumerousContinue reading “The Polyamorous Possibility and Fear of the OTHER”

One more DragonCon presentation

In addition to the first three Science Track panels in the other post, I have one more Skeptic Track presentation I would like to mention. On Monday 9/2 I present Kids in Poly Families: Debunking Legal Myths at 10 am in the Skeptic track wing of the Hilton. Hope to see you there! If youContinue reading “One more DragonCon presentation”

See Elisabeth Sheff presenting with Dr. Rachel Kieran at DragonCon, Science Track

Elisabeth Sheff will be giving three presentations on the Science Track for DragonCon August 30 to September 1 2013. Her first presentation, The Polyamorists Next Door, is on Friday August 30 at 8:30pm and reviews the findings of her 15 year study on polyamorous families with children. Then, teaming up with Dr. Rachel Kieran (http://www.rkieranpsyd.com/)Continue reading “See Elisabeth Sheff presenting with Dr. Rachel Kieran at DragonCon, Science Track”

Discount for Polyamorists Next Door if you order from the publisher’s website

If you are interested in reading my new book, The Polyamorists Next Door: Inside Multiple-partner Relationships and Families, consider buying it for a discount. If you order directly through Rowman & Littlefield at https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781442222953 you can get a 20% discount on The Polyamorists Next Door. Use promotion code 4M14SHEFF at checkout for 20% off – thisContinue reading “Discount for Polyamorists Next Door if you order from the publisher’s website”

Diversity and Polyamory

Polyamory is a form of non-monogamy in which both women and men maintain openly conducted romantic, sexual, and/or emotionally intimate relationships. While it has been around in various forms for far longer, polyamory has burst on to the social scene in the last 10 years like never before. In my 15-year study of polyamorists, IContinue reading “Diversity and Polyamory”

The Polyamorists Next Door on the publisher’s website

Now you can find my new book about poly families with children, The Polyamorists Next Door, on the publisher’s website at https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781442222953 You can pre-order now, or get it hot off the presses in November 2013

Three Policies that could Support Human Rights in Gender and Sexual Minority Families

In the United States some (mostly white and heterosexual) people wax poetic about “the traditional family” of the 1950s, looking back on or imagining relationships of that period as iconic of “real” families with moms who worked at home for free (AKA “didn’t work”), married to dads who worked outside the home for pay, andContinue reading “Three Policies that could Support Human Rights in Gender and Sexual Minority Families”