Lifestyle - Sex

Sex is a motive force brining two people into intimate contact. There are few people for whom sex has not been important at some time and many for whom it has played a dominant part in their lives. Sometimes, they may have nothing in common except mutual sexual interest. Moreover, their encounter may be brief or it may lead on to the principal relationship in their lives. (Bancroft, 2002). Swinging is one form of sexually open marriage.

Human sexuality

In a review of research on nonexclusive marital relationships, it was noted that swinging had received considerable attention in the 1970s and reported that an estimated 2 percent of the American population had participated. Most studies of active swingers emphasized overcoming initial anxieties and difficulties coping with strains to maintain the lifestyle successfully, but Denfeld also studied couples who had dropped out of swinging and entered counseling (1974). “The problems such as jealousy, guilt, emotional attachments, boredom and perceived threats to the marriage were common reasons for dropping out of swinging.