| Most people think that 'swinging'
started off in the mid 20th century, but this is very wide of
the mark. In many of the ancient civilisations such as the Egyptian,
swinging was used as a tool of sexual expression. Originally
having multiple sexual partners was very acceptable within the
Jewish culture and it remains acceptable amongst many Mormons
to this day. Christains have only adapted to Swinging in the
most recent times and if you want to dig deeper pay Swinger Talk a visit as they have a lot of useful information and opinions.
At the beginning, many media reports referred swingers as 'wife swappers' until they were given the name 'swinger/s' as the animal, monkey would swing from tree to tree.
In the ancient times the sexual act of 'swinging' would take
part in baths. It wasn't until the mid 20th century it became
organised. In the 1940's, certain religious groups who did
permit divorce decided to use swinging as a kind of release.
They would organise swinger parties gatherings and the fun began.
In the 1950’s swingers personals began to show up and
a video was developed by a group in california about swinging
and the organisation which is to this day by modern swinging
groups. Now that some individuals have given up adherence
to one major sexual taboo/restriction, monogamy, many of these
rebels have also given up on many other taboos that lead to
very vanilla/limited sexual expression and feel more free
to find other things that titillate and excite them.
The swing community has changed drastically over the last
60 years and it will be very interesting to see how it further
progresses during the 21st century. |
 |
