Less easy to Hand Wave, though, is the one issue technology isn't likely to fix: jealousy. This might be explained by the author if they claim that this has been specifically enabled by science wiping out STDs and developing foolproof, convenient stealth contraception that everyone in the population uses. Contraception and sexual protection are rarely mentioned, and as any government information advert is quick to tell you, if you're sleeping with more than one person you better demand a full medical certificate from every partner or take the appropriate precautions. Occasionally, Fridge Logic will creep in. Often involves an Everyone Is Bi society. Expect a lot of polyamorous relationships, that is, full-spectrum friend and lover relationships in which intimacy is part of the mutual trust, but exclusivity is outside the defined commitment. No-one really cares who you sleep with either - any and all partners are acceptable. Wanna test the bedsprings?") to a pragmatic one ("Damn, the kid I had with George turned out to be Ax-Crazy.
The attitude to sex may vary from a cheerfully accepted part of life ("Hey, I'm bored. No-strings-attached sex may be seen as a great way of getting to know people, a good method of recreation, a good method of resolving conflicts and keeping the peace or, alternatively, it may be suggested that it's a biological imperative to have children by as many people as possible (a popular concept when the resident population is limited - such as colonies or After the End events). In fact, the few who are strictly monogamous, or virgins/ celibate are likely to be the ones who get weird looks. There is no longer any social stigma attached to promiscuity. Or, to put it bluntly, everyone sleeps with everyone and has a right to do so. In some branches of sci-fi, a major aspect of the Utopia - or, in some cases, a Dystopia - is the decline of monogamy.
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