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I can definitely understand your frustration there. I don't know if there's much consensus on whether monogamy describes a person, or a relationship, or even if it's a general relationship preference and the label persists regardless of your current situation (kind of like a gay person is still...

Hi A2Poly, the way our survey is set up, you would be monogamous, since you only have one partner. Answering that you were non-monogamous would lead to questions pertaining to having more than one partner, which you do not.

Hello Tinwen, For the design of this specific survey, you are answering only about the relationship you're in, not any relationships your partner(s) may be in. If you were to answer that you're in a non-monogamous relationship, you would get questions that pertain to having more than one...

Hello Tonberry, Asexuality is important if the participant themselves is asexual. This survey is not for people to answer things about their partner's relationships/experiences, only their own. So for situations like yours where there's at least one asexual partner and at least one non-asexual...

Hi nycindie, To put it simply, because asexuals can be non-monogamous. When designing the survey, in addition to reviewing scientific research on asexuality, we also perused the discussion boards on AVEN to get more information about asexual relationships, directly from asexuals. And one of...

Hi, Spork That masturbation item (and that whole set of items) actually came from a measure called the Sexual Attitudes and Activities Questionnaire. I agree that it sounds a little silly, but for the sake of using and analyzing a questionnaire the way it was made to be, we just left the...

Hi Ravenscroft, we appreciate your feedback. For our survey. we're basing sexual orientation on self-identification, which is why we just have people choose the one they identify with; we want them to categorize themselves. Whether this label defines their attraction, behavior, desire, etc. is...

Hello AutumnLeaves, thank you for your feedback! Our decision to ask participants to discuss their primary partner was to ensure that all participants talked about only one partner, and the same partner rather than a random one. Also, based on the background research we conducted to design the...

Hi kdt26417. We apologize that you had some technical difficulties. Unfortunately with responses being anonymous, there's no way to know if your results did in fact submit or not. However, since you did take the time to complete the survey, if you would like to submit your email address to the...

Hello everyone! We just wanted to thank you all for your feedback. My co-researcher and I are not only studying minority relationships for the first time, but this is the first time we're doing research on our own. So your responses are extremely important and helpful. We plan to respond to...

Hello Nadya. Thank you for taking our survey and providing your feedback! Your living situation is definitely one that my co-researcher and I failed to consider and we will keep this in mind as a limitation to our data. Regarding having more than one primary partner, you're actually not the...

Hello! We are conducting an online study that will further our understanding of sexual and asexual relationships. The only requirements for participation are that you are at least 18 years old, and are in one or more romantic/sexual relationships, or have been in the past. Participation will...