Do swingers pass the smell test?
While not everyone will agree that the swinging lifestyle is morally acceptable it has become more main stream in the past couple of years. The question still exists: Is swinging a form of anti-social behavior or are swingers just as normal as the rest of society. We take a closer look at what really goes on at private swinging events.
We all have sex - that is a fact. It is just the finer details of how, with who and why we do it that seems to divide people. The swingers community seems to be under the most scrutiny, even though they rarely display any form of anti-social behavior. Do they really deserve all the negative publicity or are they just as normal as those who engage in vanilla sex?
We first have to ask ourselves what exactly is anti-social behavior. Anti-social behavior can be generally characterized as: an overall lack of adherence to the social mores and standards that allow members of a society to coexist peaceably [wisegeek.com]. Soccer hooligans are a fine example of anti-social behavior as their racist slurs and violent conduct leaves no chance for anyone to watch the game peacefully.
In a recent survey members of TheAdultHub.com were asked what is the worst you have seen at a swinging event? The results were rather surprising for the general public but definitely not for the swingers community. 38% of the members said that swinging events are all good natured.
Out of all the terrible things that could happened at a event the most votes went to smelly participants (33%). Now that is hardly something to sniff about as this complaint would not upset the general society but rather their fellow swingers. Compared to the real problems at a soccer match, a swinging event seems rather tame with a very low percentage going to problems like substance abuse (11%), verbal abuse (9%) and physical violence (9%). (continued in part 2)
