A Swinging
<div class="pagelib_edit_section_header" data-id="0" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; display: flex; align-items: flex-end;"><h1 class="pagelib_edit_section_title" data-id="0" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 1.7em; line-height: 1.3; font-family: "Linux Libertine", Georgia, Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; flex: 1 1 0%; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;">Swinging (sexual practice)</h1><span class="pagelib_edit_section_link_container" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; opacity: 0.54;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/" data-id="0" data-action="edit_section" class="pagelib_edit_section_link" style="margin: 0px; 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padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(119, 125, 132);">Group sexual practice</p><hr id="pagelib_edit_section_divider" style="background-color: rgb(162, 169, 177); border-width: 0.5px; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 12px 0px 16px; width: 60px; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><div id="content_block_0" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Swinging</span>, sometimes called <span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">wife swapping</span>, <span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">husband swapping</span> or <span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">partner swapping</span>, is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_sexual_activity" title="Human sexual activity" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(107, 75, 161);">sexual activity</a> in which both singles and partners in a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Committed_relationship" title="Committed relationship" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(107, 75, 161);">committed relationship</a> engage in such activities with others as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casual_sex" title="Casual sex" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(107, 75, 161);">recreational</a>or social activity.<span class="mw-ref" id="cite_ref-case_for_swingers_1-0" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 0.75em; line-height: 1; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: super; unicode-bidi: embed;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/#cite_note-case_for_swingers-1" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(107, 75, 161); counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"></a></span> Swinging is a form of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-monogamy" title="Non-monogamy" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(107, 75, 161);">non-monogamy</a> and is an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_relationship" title="Open relationship" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(107, 75, 161);">open relationship</a>. People may choose a swinging lifestyle for a variety of reasons. Many cite an increased quality and quantity of sex. Some people may engage in swinging to add variety into their otherwise conventional sex lives or due to their curiosity. Some couples see swinging as a healthy outlet and means to strengthen their relationship.<span class="mw-ref" id="cite_ref-case_for_swingers_1-1" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 0.75em; line-height: 1; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: super; unicode-bidi: embed;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/#cite_note-case_for_swingers-1" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(107, 75, 161); counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"></a></span><span class="mw-ref" id="cite_ref-2" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 0.75em; line-height: 1; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: super; unicode-bidi: embed;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/#cite_note-2" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(107, 75, 161); counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;"></a></span></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">The phenomenon of swinging, or at least its wider discussion and practice, is regarded by some as arising from the freer attitudes to sexual activity after the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_revolution" title="Sexual revolution" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(107, 75, 161);">sexual revolution</a> of the 1960s, the invention and availability of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contraceptive_pill" title="Contraceptive pill" class="mw-redirect" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(107, 75, 161);">contraceptive pill</a>, and the emergence of treatments for many of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexually_transmitted_disease" title="Sexually transmitted disease" class="mw-redirect" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(107, 75, 161);">sexually transmitted diseases</a> that were known at that time. The adoption of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safe_sex" title="Safe sex" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(107, 75, 161);">safe sex</a> practices became more common in the late 1980s.</p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">The swinger community sometimes refers to itself as "the lifestyle", or as "the alternative lifestyle".</p></div>