Unfortunately none of these are acceptable sources for the essay
sad Book resources only. Also it seems like monoamory is used slightly differently across the articles and from the definition that I recall.
Also what search terms did you use because even Graverg couldn't find any mention and his Google-fu is much better than mine.
Seems like the term is at least a little more used than I initially thought it was. Even if it's used slightly differently in places (hell, so is polyamory at this point).
But crisis is averted because I thought I had all my poly-books off the shelf and was riffling through them but I'd missed Polyamory: Roadmaps for the Clueless & Helpless, which is where I'd originally found the term. So I found the book and found the term as he used it.
I would still say it's not terribly widely used. The vast majority of the people in poly communities I've been apart of nearly always just use 'monogamy' except when they're speaking only to the poly community and even then the use of 'monoamory' is a bit rare. To my experience anyway, I've in no way shape or form been heavily involved in many communities, only a relatively select few I found to be the safest. But even so, for it to be so hard to find (at least on my end) seems to sway in the direction of the idea that it's a less frequently used than monogamy.
Ravenscroft used it in his book in '04. I find it interesting ann monroe used in it 2000 and proclaimed she inaugurated a new term. Either she did and it caught on in limited circles, or it already existed in other circles she hadn't visited. But interesting none the less to see how simultaneous evolution of language could possible occur. But I guess it's not too far of a leap.
But I'm rambling. I need to stop rambling. I'm tired. Not physically, but I think I'm rambling because my brain stopped the offswitch awhile ago to force me to write for my essay. Now I can't find the offswitch again D:
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