And actor Tilda Swinton has two male partners.  She is hardly a silly woman being used by manipulative men.  As long as there is equality and independence I don't see an issue.  Religious sects that allow polygamy invariably relegate women to subservience and dependence, often with threats of shunning and/or violence. This woman is talking about something quite different and I also don't prefer to relegate the male in this scenario as treating her merely as a F-buddy.  Isn't that rather demeaning to him.  Not all men are shallow skirt chasers?