Usually, a couple with a straight man and bisexual woman search for a “unicorn”, who is a bisexual, pansexual, or heteroflexible woman, to form a throuple relationship. This search is termed "Unicorn-hunting". However, the non-monogamous community looks down on unicorn-hunting because it portrays the third person as an object for the original couple. The term itself implies that the third person exists in the relationship to please the other two, and not herself. She might not get enough respect or authority in the relationship if that’s so. Many researchers found that mainly couples who recently found ethical nonmonogamy go for unicorn-hunting because they’re unsure about trying polyamorous relationships.