What is swinging, how common is wife swapping and when did it start?
SWINGING is the act of couples engaging in sex with partners other than their own - and the kinky trend has been around for decades.
Many swingers in modern Britain use websites to organise meetings with similarly-minded couples. Here's the story...
What is swinging?
Swinging is the name given to the trend which sees couples hook up with other people or couples for sex.
Also known as wife swapping, the sex trend is practised as a fun, sociable activity which brings couples together... literally.
Some couples view it as a way to strengthen their relationship, whilst others just swing because they want to spice up their sex lives.
It took off in the (swinging) 60s, when sexually liberated attitudes and the increased availability of contraception paved the way to wife swapping.
How common is wife swapping?
The internet has made swinging more common among Brits.
An estimated 130,000 sign onto swingers site Fab Swingers every day.
A study commissioned back in 2008 suggested that, even then, there were an estimated one million swingers in the UK.
By 2011, some estimates put the number of American swingers at 15 million, 60 per cent of whom said it improved their relationship.
Seventy per cent polled said they experienced no jealousy.
In August, 2017, "sex-obsessed" police officer Adrian Pogmore, who attended a seedy swingers' dungeon, was jailed after using his force helicopter to film people having sex.
What is the Fab Swingers website?
Fab Swingers is a social media site for swingers in the UK and USA.
It allows users to post photographs, personal details and information about their sexual preferences.
Swingers can even leave reviews on past partners.
The site is designed for couples or single people looking to meet others interested in swinging, also known as partner swapping.
It's a free website, which was set up by a swinging couple in 2006 and is now used by more than 130,000 people every day.
The website has live cams and the facility to find people to meet up with locally.
Fab Swingers is thought to be the biggest free swinging website in the UK.
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