In The Ethical Slut, Janet W. Hardy and Dossie Easton share a guide to love, sex, and intimacy that falls beyond the limits of traditionally-held ideas about monogamy.

Generally, when men have lots of casual sex they're affectionately deemed 'players' or 'studs', while women who do the same are maligned as 'sluts.'

But the word 'slut' need not be derogatory – it can be reclaimed for good.

In this book, sex educator Janet W. Hardy and family therapist Dossie Easton set out to reframe the word slut from a connotation of loose and amoral sexuality to one of generous abundance.

Since its original publication in 1997, The Ethical Slut has had a major impact in popularizing polyamory and other alternative romantic lifestyles.

Hardy and Easton argue that sexual and romantic love are fundamental forces for good, with the potential to strengthen intimate bonds, enhance lives, open spiritual awareness, and even change the world.