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The Ethical Slut
The Ethical Slut is a self-help book about non-monogamy written by Dossie Easton and Janet Hardy. In the book, Easton and Hardy discuss non-monogamy as a concept and a practice, and explore sexual practices and common challenges in non-monogamous relationships.
The book was first published in 1997 by Greenery Press, which Hardy founded, under the title The Ethical Slut: A Guide to Infinite Sexual Possibilities. Hardy used the pseudonym "Catherine A. Liszt" for the first edition. Revised and updated editions were published in 2009 and 2017, with updated subtitles.
The Ethical Slut is widely read by non-monogamous and polyamorous people. More than 200,000 copies have been sold, and the book has been analyzed and reviewed in an academic context.
In 1969, Dossie Easton left a traumatic relationship and gave birth to a daughter. Easton joined a queer community in San Francisco, where she taught sex education classes and workshops for the San Francisco Sex Organization beginning with a class on "unlearning jealousy" in 1973. She was a founding member of the Society of Janus, a BDSM group in San Francisco, and is also a psychotherapist. In 1988, Janet Hardy left a 13-year marriage, having decided she wanted to be non-monogamous. In 1991, she founded Greenery Press, a publisher focused on "adult sexuality". Easton and Hardy met in 1992 through the Society of Janus, where Easton was teaching a class on "Pain Play with Canes" and Hardy volunteered to help with a demonstration; the two began a relationship as co-authors as well as friends and lovers. Both women identify as queer and polyamorous.
In 1994, Hardy had influenza leading to bronchitis, and watched Indecent Proposal while she was bedridden. At one point in the movie, an attractive billionaire offers a married couple one million dollars in exchange for one night with the woman in the relationship. Hardy was shocked by the couple's hesitation. The experience led her to realize her alienation from "mainstream sexual ethics", and she contacted Hardy; the two began working on a book about non-monogamy. The authors drew on their own experiences while writing the book. Easton wanted to reappropriate the word slut.
The Ethical Slut was the third book Easton and Hardy wrote together; their first two, The Topping Book and The Bottoming Book, focused on kink and reached a relatively small readership. Their other works include When Someone You Love is Kinky, The New Bottoming Book, The New Topping Book, and Radical Ecstasy.
The Ethical Slut: A Guide to Infinite Sexual Possibilities was written by Dossie Easton and Janet Hardy, the latter using the pseudonym "Catherine A. Liszt" for the first edition. It was published in 1997 by Greenery Press.
A second edition, titled The Ethical Slut. A Practical Guide to Polyamory, Open Relationships and Other Adventures, was published in 2009. Promotional blurbs were provided by Deborah Anapol, Betty Dodson, Stan Dale, and Ryam Nearing.
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The Ethical Slut
The Ethical Slut is a self-help book about non-monogamy written by Dossie Easton and Janet Hardy. In the book, Easton and Hardy discuss non-monogamy as a concept and a practice, and explore sexual practices and common challenges in non-monogamous relationships.
The book was first published in 1997 by Greenery Press, which Hardy founded, under the title The Ethical Slut: A Guide to Infinite Sexual Possibilities. Hardy used the pseudonym "Catherine A. Liszt" for the first edition. Revised and updated editions were published in 2009 and 2017, with updated subtitles.
The Ethical Slut is widely read by non-monogamous and polyamorous people. More than 200,000 copies have been sold, and the book has been analyzed and reviewed in an academic context.
In 1969, Dossie Easton left a traumatic relationship and gave birth to a daughter. Easton joined a queer community in San Francisco, where she taught sex education classes and workshops for the San Francisco Sex Organization beginning with a class on "unlearning jealousy" in 1973. She was a founding member of the Society of Janus, a BDSM group in San Francisco, and is also a psychotherapist. In 1988, Janet Hardy left a 13-year marriage, having decided she wanted to be non-monogamous. In 1991, she founded Greenery Press, a publisher focused on "adult sexuality". Easton and Hardy met in 1992 through the Society of Janus, where Easton was teaching a class on "Pain Play with Canes" and Hardy volunteered to help with a demonstration; the two began a relationship as co-authors as well as friends and lovers. Both women identify as queer and polyamorous.
In 1994, Hardy had influenza leading to bronchitis, and watched Indecent Proposal while she was bedridden. At one point in the movie, an attractive billionaire offers a married couple one million dollars in exchange for one night with the woman in the relationship. Hardy was shocked by the couple's hesitation. The experience led her to realize her alienation from "mainstream sexual ethics", and she contacted Hardy; the two began working on a book about non-monogamy. The authors drew on their own experiences while writing the book. Easton wanted to reappropriate the word slut.
The Ethical Slut was the third book Easton and Hardy wrote together; their first two, The Topping Book and The Bottoming Book, focused on kink and reached a relatively small readership. Their other works include When Someone You Love is Kinky, The New Bottoming Book, The New Topping Book, and Radical Ecstasy.
The Ethical Slut: A Guide to Infinite Sexual Possibilities was written by Dossie Easton and Janet Hardy, the latter using the pseudonym "Catherine A. Liszt" for the first edition. It was published in 1997 by Greenery Press.
A second edition, titled The Ethical Slut. A Practical Guide to Polyamory, Open Relationships and Other Adventures, was published in 2009. Promotional blurbs were provided by Deborah Anapol, Betty Dodson, Stan Dale, and Ryam Nearing.