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Life on the Swing Set

Life on the Swing Set. By: Jennifer Holm, Courtney Matthys & Sarah James. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-VXv9_oFfE. What are Swingers? .

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Life on the Swing Set

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  1. Life on the Swing Set By: Jennifer Holm, Courtney Matthys & Sarah James

  2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-VXv9_oFfE

  3. What are Swingers? • Definition: A non-monogamous behavior, in which singles or partners in a committed relationship engage in sexual activities with others as a recreational or social activity. According Merriam-Webster: A swinger is one who engages freely in sex.

  4. Types of Swingers • Hard Core • Egotistical • Recreational • Interpersonal • Communal • Utopian • Closed • Open

  5. History of Swingers • Stone age men would would have sex for fun with many partners • Roman Orgies • U.S. Air Force during WWII • Key club parties

  6. Political Ideology of Swingers • Most are conservative • Tended to be more liberal than non-swingers • Evenly distributed between Democrats, Republicans and Independents

  7. Political Views on Swinging • Lifestyles Organization fought a California Law against the Alcoholic Beverage Control • Prohibiting alcohol being sold at swinger clubs • In Arizona, five swinger clubs were shut down • Swinging is protected by the Fourteenth Amendment • Illegal in most states

  8. Ethical: Religion Non-Swingers Swingers Many biblical males had many wives Argue not all open relationships are sinful • Equivalent to adultery, cheating, or fornication • Offends God

  9. Swingers Ethics • CONSENT MUST BE MUTUAL • Both partners must be open to the lifestyle • Must be 21 or older to attend swinger parties • Some clothing restrictions • No jealousy between couples • Usually groups have a “one-hit” rule • Never try to break up a marriage

  10. Social Views on Swinging • Socially frowned upon • Considered a deviant behavior • Pre-disposition to swinging • Related to high rates of Sexually Transmitted Diseases • Part of sexual freedom movement

  11. How does swinging affect a relationship or marriage? • Most swingers report having a boring sex life before swinging. • Swinging makes the couple want each other more. • Sometimes jealousy can arise, which would force them to stop swinging. • Makes them feel their relationship is stronger • Swinging is for sex, marriage is love

  12. Fun Facts About Swinging • There is about 4,000 swinger couples in the Winona area • Swingers are usually White, upper-class, highly educated people • Swinging is less when the economy is worse.

  13. Works Cited • Berstrand, Curtis, and Jennifer Blevins Sinski. Swinging in America: love, sex, and marriage in the 21st century. Praegar, 2009. (Google eBook) • Fang, Betty. The Journal of Sex Research , Vol. 12, No. 3 (Aug., 1976), pp. 220-237 Taylor & Francis, Ltd. http://www.jstor.org/stable/3811715 • Kelly, Martin. “The 14th Amendment Summary.” About.com American History. 2012. http://americanhistory.about.com/od/usconstitution/a/14th-Amendment-Summary.htm • Varn, Charles. An Exploratory Study of Spouse Swapping The Pacific Sociological Review , Vol. 15, No. 4 (Oct., 1972), pp. 507-522: University of California Press http://www.jstor.org/stable/1388267 • The Holy Bible: New International Version. New York: Harper, 2006. • Sex in America-Swinging/The Lifestyle (2008). Retrieved April 3rd 2012, from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-VXv9_oFfE

  14. Questions???

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