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Historically, it has not been uncommon to find societies that have
advocated having a lifestyle with multiple sexual partners. Furthermore
both royalty and nobility in many cultures had consorts and concubines.
Ancient Rome has been notable (if not infamous) for its enthusiastic
acceptance of orgies and alternative sexual practices. However, though
contemporary swingers celebrate those ideals, the actual practice of
swinging in the 20th century began differently.
According to Terry Gould's The Lifestyle: A Look at the Erotic Rites of
Swingers, swinging began among U.S. Air Force pilots and their wives
during World War II. In this small community, the mortality rate among
pilots was significantly high. Gould reports that a close bond between
pilots arose, with the implication that the husbands would protect and
care for all the wives as their own, both emotionally and sexually, if
the husbands were away or lost.
This historical narrative is debatable, however, since it would have
been highly unusual for servicemen's wives to accompany them on any
foreign tours of duty. Other sources point to American Air Force pilots
stationed in the California desert as the original participants in modern
swinging. Though the exact beginnings are not agreed upon, it is widely
assumed that swinging began amongst American military communities in
the 1950s.
By the time the Korean War ended, these groups had spread from the
bases to the nearby suburbs. The media picked up on them in 1957 and
promptly dubbed the phenomenon "wife-swapping."
It wasn't until the 1960s in Berkeley, California that the first
organization, "Sexual Freedom League", for swingers was opened. Ultimately,
an umbrella organization called the North American Swing Club
Association (NASCA) (now NASCA International) was formed to encourage accurate
information about swinging lifestyles all across America.
Some subjective scientific research into swinging has been conducted in
the USA since the late 1960s. The most recent study, based on an
Internet questionnaire addressed to visitors of lifestyle-related sites,
found swingers are happier in their relationships than the norm.
60% Of swingers said that swinging improved their relationship and only
1.7% said it made their relationship less happy. Half of those who
rated their relationship very happy before becoming swingers maintained it
had become even happier.
90% Of those with less happy relationships said swinging improved them.
Almost 70% of swingers claimed no problem with controlling jealousy,
around a quarter admitted "I have difficulty controlling jealousy when
swinging" to be somewhat true but only 6% said this was "Yes, Very Much"
true.
Swingers rate themselves happier (59% against 32% very happy) and their
lives much more exciting (76% against 54% exciting) than does the rest
of the population, by surprisingly large margins.
There was no difference between the responses of men and women,
although more males (70%) than females completed the survey.
This study, while enlightening, is of limited accuracy of the swinging
population as a whole, due to its self-selected sampling technique.
Internet-based sampling procedures create a substantial potential for
bias. It is likely that those swinging couples who had stronger
relationships were more motivated to complete the questionnaire. Alternatively,
the stress that swinging may place on a marriage means that only those
with higher than average levels of commitment to their partners are able
to remain married whilst swinging. Couples that have jealousy or strife
issues caused by swinging will not usually stay in the swinging
lifestyle and thus would have been unlikely to respond.
ABC News reporter John Stossel produced an investigative report into
the lifestyle. Stossel reported that over 4 million people are swingers,
according to estimates by the Kinsey Institute and other researchers.
He also cited Terry Gould's research, in which Gould concluded that
"couples swing in order to not cheat on their partners." When Stossel asked
swinging couples whether they worry that their spouse will "find they
like someone else better", one male interviewee replied, "People in the
swinging community swing for a reason. They don't swing to go out and
find a new wife;" while a woman interviewee asserted, "It makes women
more confident -- that they are the ones in charge." Stossel interviewed
12 marriage counselors about the lifestyle. According to Stossel, "not
one of them said don't do it", though some also said "getting sexual
thrills outside of marriage can threaten a marriage". Nevertheless, the
swingers whom Stossel interviewed claimed that "their marriages are
stronger because they don't have affairs and they don't lie to each other.
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