One of the many pride flags for relationship anarchy (unknown creator - flag has been around since at least 2016)
Relationship anarchy is a type of relationship. It is a form of relationship where there are no strict rules regarding the relationship. Some relationship anarchists see no distinct lines between different types of relationships. There is a big belief system in relationship anarchy community that monogamous marriages are "limiting" for the individuals who participate in them.
Relationship anarchy as a concept initially began within the polyamorous community but has evolved since then, as a whole. Many relationship anarchists don't follow "stereotypes" or "norms' that have been established for relationships within society.
The term "relationship anarchy" was coined by Andie Nordgren. It is difficult to find an exact coining date for the term, but it's estimated to have been floating around the internet since at least 2008. Some common core values that are common for relationship anarchists are:
- being non-hierarchical (i.e., they don’t rank their romantic partner[s] as necessarily more important than their friends)
- anti-prescriptionist (i.e., there are no built-in prescriptions about what a partnership must look like)
- nonmonogamous. (Some relationship anarchists are polyamorous, and some poly people practice relationship hierarchy, but the two are more like overlapping circles than synonyms.)
Some people have described relationship anarchy in BDSM terms "For BDSM we have two communities predominantly - SSS (safe, sane, consensual) which is used for the majority of BDSM play, and then we have RACK (risk-aware consensual kink) which is typically used for more dangerous or more inherently risky play, often with little to no formal rules or guidelines; relationship anarchy is more similar to RACK and polyamory as a whole is more like SSS - polyamorous relationships tend to have much more strict rules/guidelines than those that participate in relationship anarchy".
Read more here:
- (Thank you this website for the bulleted text) 'What It’s Like Being a Relationship Anarchist" https://www.thecut.com/2018/10/what-does-relationship-anarchy-mean.html#:~:text=Relationship%20anarchy%20(RA)%2C%20a,upon%20by%20the%20involved%20parties.
- "Relationship Anarchy" http://www.relationship-anarchy.com/about
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