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Monogamy Put to the Test of Double Love Lives : Sociological Analysis of Clandestine Non-monogamy in France

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This paper is based on sociological research whose purpose is the analysis of social processes (social settings, contexts, psychological economies, interpersonal relationships) through which individuals, although in long- term monogamous relationships, develop and maintain a long-term clandestine amorous and sexual relationship alongside their official union. This is the analysis of a specific form of non-monogamy because it transgresses the socially accepted role of monogamy as the legitimate norm, by the occultation of emotional and sexual exclusivity that are the standards that underpin the dominant model of contemporary Western couples. The analyses are mainly based on approximately fifty life stories about men and women married or cohabiting or who have or have had a long term relationship, clandestinely alongside their official couple. The research was conducted in France. Those interviewed are heterosexual, aged 34-90 years and belong to the middle and upper classes. The analysis will be presented in three ways: 1) Adultery as an integral part of monogamous marriage (socio-historical approach) 2) How did a love duality develop in individuals valuing monogamy: 3) The clandestine non-monogamy put to the test : long term adulterous relationships as a privileged space in the construction of masculine virility versus female resistance.
Cette communication est issue d’une recherche de quatre ans sur les amours clandestines de personnes mariées (ou en concubinage depuis de nombreuses années avec cohabitation) en France. Ce que j’appellerai des « doubles vies ». L’usage commode de l’expression « double vie » pour exprimer le fait qu’une personne soit impliquée dans deux relations intimes différentes ne doit pas laisser penser qu’il existe une égalité entre ces relations car seulement l’une d’entre elles existe socialement. D’ailleurs, généralement cette désignation n’est utilisée que pour parler de la situation de personnes inscrites dans une union officielle et développant une liaison clandestine et non pas, par exemple, pour parler des situation de multipartenariat de personnes célibataires.

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halshs-01191578 , version 1 (02-09-2015)

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Marie-Carmen Garcia. Monogamy Put to the Test of Double Love Lives : Sociological Analysis of Clandestine Non-monogamy in France. 4th International Conference on the Future of Monogamy and Nonmonogamy, University of California, Berkeley, Feb 2015, San Francisco, United States. ⟨halshs-01191578⟩
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