Hand on heart: How jealous are you? Have you ever questioned the monogamous relationship model? Could you perhaps even imagine having a #relationship with several partners? To find out, Jasmina Neudecker visits Imogen, Jadu, Clara and Tinatin. They live in a polygamous relationship, a so-called polycule. How #love works with several people, what role jealousy plays in it, what living together in a polygamous relationship can look like and how important it is to communicate feelings openly - Jasmina exchanges ideas with the four of them. Jasmina also talks to sociologist and couples therapist Aino Simon about jealousy: Where does the feeling come from? What can we learn from it? How can jealousy be brought under control - can polyamory perhaps even be a key to combating jealousy? Are you interested? Then find out in this #TerraXplore episode with Jasmina! ******* CHAPTERS: 00:00 Intro: Monogamy vs. Polyamory 01:45 How does a polyamorous relationship work? 04:15 Why are we jealous? 05:10 Jealousy – scientifically explained 07:25 What advantages did jealousy have in evolution? 08:49 Is jealousy innate or learned? 09:46 How can you deal with jealousy in a polyamorous relationship? 11:22 How can you overcome jealousy? 14:15 How can we better deal with jealousy? 16:10 Is there an ideal relationship concept? 18:10 Conclusion: What can we learn from polyamory in relation to jealousy? ******* You can also find more videos from the Terra X cosmos in the media library: https://www.zdf.de/dokumentation/terr... Terra X Facebook: / zdfterrax Terra X Instagram: / terrax Jasmina on Instagram: @JasminaDariaNeudecker ******* OUR SOURCES: ???? Is polyamory a trend? Certainly not, but interest and acceptance of the relationship model is increasing according to this study: Moors, A. (2017): Has the American Public's Interest in Information Related to Relationships Beyond “The Couple” Increased Over Time?, The Journal of Sex Research, 54:6, 677-684, doi: 10.1080/00224499.2016.1178208; https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/1... ???? Are men or women more jealous? And why? You can find out this and more here: Sagarin, J. Martin, A., Coutinho, S. et al. (2013): Sex differences in jealousy: a meta-analytic examination, in: Evolution and Human Behavior, 33(6), 595-614, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science... ???? Are all people jealous? Determined as babies, as this study proves: Hart, S. Carrington, H. (2002): Jealousy in 6-Month-Old Infants, in: Infancy 3(3), doi: 10.1207/S15327078IN0303_6; https://www.researchgate.net/publicat... ???? Do you want to read again how the study with the jealous titi monkeys was set up? Maninger, N., Mendoza, S., Williams, D., et al. (2017): Imaging, Behavior and Endocrine Analysis of "Jealousy" in a Monogamous Primate, in: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 5:119. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2017.00119; https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/... ???? You can read about what happens in the brains of people who suffer from jealousy here: Marazziti, D., Di Nasso, E., Masala I., et al. (2003): Normal and obsessional jealousy: a study of a population of young adults, in: Eur Psychiatry;18(3), pp. 106-11. doi: 10.1016/s0924-9338(03)00024-5. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12763... MORE INFO: ???? You are polyamorous yourself and are looking for a safe space in which you can exchange ideas with other polys your age. Then you can take a look here, for example: / 422608145366555 ???? Our expert Aino Simon has also written a book on the subject if you want to read more - here: https://www.couplecare.de Aino, S. (2021): Liebe lieber besonderen: Finde das Beziehungsglück, das zu dir angebracht. ******* IN THE VIDEO Imogen, Jadu, Clara and Tinatin - and their kids Aino Simon, sociologist and couples therapist ******* CREDITS Author & Director: Vanessa Materla Editing: Maximilian Andereya Camera: André Schlabitz Sound: Franziska Busl Graphics: Marc Trompeter Editors: Dominik Wolf, Angelika Hoffmann, Harald Platz Production: Josefine Beitel, Moritz Bömicke, Christian Stachel ******* For Terra Xplore, biologist Jasmina Neudecker gets to the bottom of the big and small questions in your life and discovers exciting topics from the areas of psyche and consciousness, health and nutrition, technology and digitization, the environment and sustainability. In every episode, she is on the move. Sometimes in the city, sometimes in nature - but in any case wherever science touches us.