do you think we actually are born with a swinging gene ?
or is this a nautal progression from getting bored with monogomous relationships ?
i hold with the theory we are born with something that compels us to do it in the same way that smokers ,drinkers and gamblers have a compulsive nature in the things that they do
what do you think ?
There is NOTHING in the human nature which compels us to smoke or drink or gamble as none of those three things are 'natural'. We choose to smoke. We choose to drink. We choose to gamble. An addictive nature is something different - it's when a person is unable to stop themselves doing something because of the addiction. I have never smoked. I do drink but don't have an addictive nature so am not addicted to drink the way an alcholic would be.
Swinging - just fun!
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I do not think that there is a swinging gene as such, and I suppose it also depends on the definition of "swinging" and how far people want to go and what they want to do.
However, if you look at chimps, apes etc. they do not have monogomous relationships so maybe it could be argued that the monogomous state is something that society/religion has decreed. There are those though that would argue that we have developed monogomous relationships because humans are able to sustain them.
I think that there is a natural curiosity look at other people and imagining having sex with them and it is then a short step to actually living out the fantasy.
McC
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I believe that humans are not naturally monogamous.
We (a lot of the species) have been conditioned and it is recieved behaviour.
Another big chunk of the species are not monogamous, or at least weren't till so-called civilization came along and put them right.
If we were naturally monogamous, then we would not all, whether swingers or Priests, take a sly look at what's around us, every day, would we?
Adam and Eve were, arguably, the first swingers so in fact we've (swingers) been around longer than the straights!
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we completely agree with vix on this.
Wanting to have sex is the most natural thing in the is what we are conditioned for, just as we are conditioned to eat. Over the millenia the influence of society has laid down mores in order to protect societies. In order to have a stable society it was found that children needed a stable base. Also men are natuturally territorial , thus the exclusivity of a woman, (or women as in some societies ) became a symbol of that territorial power. Each individual could also have his own territory as wives became chattels. As religions became a dominant factor, these sociological unions were promoted. Christian societies gradually freed the female from being a chattel, but the payback was the promotion of the monogomous couple and the suppression of the natural sex drive to a means of reproduction, albeit a loving one. For centuries the most educated people in society were the clerics, preaching to the lesser educated masses. In the twentieth century the masses became eductaed, and began to challenge the Christian mores. Thus throughout the twentieth century we saw the gradual breakdownof these doctrines of sex. Sex before marriage, contraception, abortion, teenage sex. homosexuality all became accepted as normal. Society has begun to reclaim its sexual intellect. The main problem now however is not the Church, albeit it still has a strong voice over many, but the media, who on the pretext of liberalism, lavish in hypcrisy and sleaze, perpetuating the idea that sex is actually wrong by the production of salacious exposes to sell papers. As the 21st century progresses more and more people are experimenting with their sexuality, but on a more educated basis Sites like this one demonstrate that there are many many people who can have a loving and faithful relationship, but also a sexually open one. For every open liberated couple in here, there are 10 others on the verge of swinging, being held back by guilt, ignorance or the fact that one party is not interested. My prediction is that before 2025 swinging will be considerd as normal as sex out of marriage is considered today. ....just my opinion!
I recall having a dream when I was about 15 years old - before I was sexually active. It was about being in a room with 3 guys and I was being fucked in turn over a sofa by all of them. To this day I don't know where that came from. My first real sexual encounter was a bit traumatic and nothing like my dream. Over the years and particularly now, I think my leaning towards swinging possibly stems from that fantasy. I love meeting fellas who are respectful and sexy and know the protocol, as it were.