Category: Swinging
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Interested in Joining the Lifestyle?
by Jason Stotts If you’re interested in joining the Lifestyle (aka swinging), watch this amazing instructional video circa 1950 from http://www.coupledoingit.com/.
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Contra Peikoff on Swinging
by Jason Stotts Recently, Leonard Peikoff took a question about swinging on his podcast and I think his answer fails to address the reality of swinging and of non-monogamy more generally. In his analysis, Peikoff glosses over important distinctions that are relevant to a moral analysis of swinging and even goes so far as to…
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An Interview with Swingers
by Jason Stotts This is a compilation of an interview I did with friends of mine who are swingers. The interview originally appeared on the old Erosophia in two parts, separated by about 2 months or so. In the second interview, my friends adopted the names Wendy and Stan to make it clearer who they…
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Relationships: A Continuum of Permissiveness
by Jason Stotts In this essay, I want to explore the concept of permissiveness and exclusivity as they relate to relationships. I want to explore the idea that relationships exist along a continuum of permissiveness with a completely jealous relationship at one extreme and an open relationship at the other, with exclusive relationships and swinging…
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Interview on Swinging with Terry Gould
by Jason Stotts I recently found a very interesting interview with Terry Gould, author of the book The Lifestyle: A Look at the Erotic Rites of Swingers. His book is considered one of the most in-depth and honest accounts of the swinging community, from what I can gather in reviews and statements by people actually…
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A Response by Swingers
Note: This response was written by the couple who were so kind to answer the questions for “An Interview with Swingers” and it is a response to my recent essay “Swinging: A Different Perspective.” They are writing under the pseudonyms Wendy and Stan to protect their anonymity. ~ J.S. ———– I am the female half…
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Swinging: A Different Perspective
by Jason Stotts I’ve been planning to write a detailed essay on swinging and its moral implications for some time now. Unfortunately this is not that essay. It is, however, a detailed look at one important aspect of swinging and one reason why I think that some people find so much value in it. For…