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Savory, Alita, author Levy, E. J., advisor Thompson, Deborah, committee member Little, Ann, committee member 2007-01-03T06:40:54Z 2016-06-30T05:57:00Z 2014 Savory_colostate_0053N_12236.pdf http://hdl.handle.net/10217/82569 https://doi.org/10.25675/3.018916 I have been interested in learning about alternative lifestyles for years. This may be because I've known so many miserable people trapped within serial-monogamous lifestyles, and I wanted to break away from this chain of misery. For a long time, I thought that all I was interested in was sex. I read books about prostitution in the west, took a class about the history of sexuality in America, and wrote about my own experiences with sex and BDSM for writing workshops. Due to these interests, I thought what I wanted to write about was BDSM and how practitioners of this lifestyle use power in extraordinary and transparent ways within their relationships. I realized as I wrote that I was fascinated less with the sexual aspects of relationships and more with the ways that people were able to find love and sustain romantic relationships. This thesis began as an idea to explore sexual relationships, but it has transformed into something much more powerful: a memoir about the search for connection. born digital masters theses English eng Colorado State University. Libraries 2000-2019 Copyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright. Access is limited to the Colorado State University community only. (Dis)connected Text 2016-06-30 2016-06-30 This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights (https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/). You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s). Master of Arts (M.A.) Masters English Colorado State University restricted