Janet W. Hardy and Dossie Easton's The Ethical Slut, Third Edition: A Practical Guide to Polyamory, Open Relationships, and Other Freedoms in Sex and Love "For me, this book was one of the most transformative. In the neighborhood where I was raised, having multiple sexual partners, partaking in kinky behavior, or engaging in relationships other than strict monogamy were all viewed as abnormal or even immoral.