Polyfidelity
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Polyfidelity, a form of polyamory, is usually thought of as the restriction of one's sexual activities to a single group of people, each of whom follows the same rules and has sex only within the group. This term originated within the Kerista Village commune in San Francisco which practiced polyfidelity from 1971–1991. Polyfidelity has also been practiced in other cultures and timesTemplate:Fact.
Previous to the Krista Village experience, people spoke of "group marriage". The term "polyamory" or "polyamoury" was coined much later (1990 by Morning Glory of the Church of All Worlds. (See: her "A Bouquet of Lovers" at the CAW web site.)
A closed, "mutually faithful" polyfidelitous arrangement offers the same health advantages with respect to STDs as monogamy if the usual tests are undertaken by each person within such a circle, although the risk may rises slightly with each person added, until their disease-free state can be verified.