Understanding polyamory: PhD candidate Samantha Manewitz dispels myths and offers insights
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PhD candidate Samantha Manewitz was a featured guest on Ontario Today for a segment on polyamory. A registered social worker and sex therapist who specializes in sexual diversity and LGBTQ issues, Manewitz helped dispel myths about polyamory and offered insights on consensual non-monogamy and sexual diversity. She was joined by Stacey Smith, a mathematics professor at the University of Ottawa in the faculty of science, and a polyamorous trans woman who runs a polyamory meet up in Ottawa.
In addition to pursuing a doctoral degree at FIFSW, Manewitz is on faculty of the Institute for Sexuality Education and Enlightenment, where she has presented on a broad range of topics related to sex therapy and sexual diversity. She also works part time at Ontario Sex Therapy and is completing her certification as a sex therapy supervisor. As an educator, she has trained mental health professionals, sex educators, and alt-sex communities on healthy communication, abuse prevention, sexual diversity, neurodiversity and transformative justice.
Madewitz’s doctoral research is examining consent and coercive control within BDSM relationships and the broader BDSM community.
Listen to the full Ontario Today segment via CBC Listen.
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