Stigma toward individuals engaged in consensual nonmonogamy: Robust and worthy of additional research.

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Unique and shared relationship benefits of consensually non-monogamous and monogamous relationships: A review and insights for moving forward. (2017, background): “Even in circumstances when people in CNM were portrayed as happy and satisfied with their relationship, they were still stigmatized (Moors et al., 2013).”
Love and sex: polyamorous relationships are perceived more favourably than swinging and open relationships (2014, background): “Prior research demonstrates that people overwhelmingly perceive CNM relationships less positively than monogamous relationships (Conley et al., 2012; Moors et al., 2013).”
Attached to monogamy? Avoidance predicts willingness to engage (but not actual engagement) in consensual non-monogamy (2015, background): “…is generally perceived as the most natural and optimal form of romantic partnering in Western cultures (Conley, Moors, et al., 2013; Conley, Ziegler, et al., 2012; Moors et al., 2013; Perel, 2006), truly monogamous practices are nonnormative in the majority of the world’s societies (Schmitt, 2005).”