Polyamory: Polyamory is the acceptance of the potential for multiple loving partners within relationships.  This may include sexual partners [1].  Polyamorous relationships are not “cheating”, but mutual love and honesty in relations that are not monogamous.  The bases of such relationships are love, stability, compatibility, peace and personal and relationship honesty.  Polyamory does not accept secret lovers: this is cheating by poly as well as monogamous standards.  Poly seek another person because your current partner needs more than you can give or you need more than your partner can give you [2].

 

Pansexuality: Pansexuality is the state of not having one’s sexuality limited or defined by the culture in which you live [3].  Social customs and tradition are not taken into account.  Instead, limits come from more natural, maturely instinctive, philosophical and moral trains of thought.  The most important constraint is that of consent, in that the sexual partner must be willing and also must understand the nature of sexual interactions [4].  A pansexuality community is one that enthusiastically encompasses any sexuality.

 

 

[1], [2], [3], [4] "Polyamory: Multiple Loving, Caring Relationships." Human Sexuality. Vexen Crabtree, n.d. Web. 12 Mar. 2016.