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Okay, now on to some really interesting things in my opinion. For those of you that took my survey, you may remember the questions that were open-ended. These are primarily the results from that portion of it. Due to time and space I cannot list all reasons given for everything here, but I will give you the major findings.

Entering the lifestyle-

The most frequent reason given by both sexes to begin swinging was that it adds value to their sex life (Males=84.8%, Females=56.9%) as well as contributes to the relationship (Males=57.0%, Females=53.2%).

How swingers meet-

The most frequent means of meeting outside of swing clubs given by both sexes was the internet (Males=84.6%, Females=55.3%), followed by networking (Males=65.8%, Females=18.0%).

Initiation and participation in the lifestyle-

Level of excitement regarding initial entry into the swing lifestyle was assessed with a 5-point question response option ranging from “strongly unenthusiastic” to “very enthusiastic,” and 44.8% of participants reported feeling very enthusiastic followed by 29.7% feeling somewhat enthusiastic, 9.0% feeling neutral, 3.4% feeling somewhat unenthusiastic, and 12.4% feeling strongly unenthusiastic. In addition, a statistical test was run to test if level of excitment was related to gender. Level of excitement regarding entry into swinging was not significantly affected by a person’s gender; males and females reported equal levels of excitement regarding swinger initiation.

Most of the sample reported that initiation into the swing lifestyle was a decision made as a couple (53.1%), followed by themselves initiating entry
(20.7%), their partners initiating entry (12.4%), they were already in the swing lifestyle when they met their current partner (8.3%), their committed partner was already in the swing lifestyle when they met (3.4%), and finally, both partners were in the swing lifestyle when they met (2.1%).

Most of the sample reported participation in swing activities a few times a year (41.4%) or monthly (37.9%). More frequent participation in swing activities was reported with less frequency, with those swinging 3-4 times a month doing so 10.3% of the time and only 1.4% of the sample reporting swinging 7 or more times monthly. Another statistical test was run to test if participation was related to gender, amount of participation was not significantly affected by a person’s gender; males and females participated in swinging at similar rates.

Most participants self-reported participating in swing activities with their committed partner (93.1%), watching others engage in sexual activities (91.7%), using vibrators or love toys with their committed partner (73.1%), using vibrators or love toys without their committed partner (64.1%), and having oral sex with more than two individuals at once (82.8%). Other activities endorsed with less frequency include participating in fantasy or role playing situations (36.6%) and having same sex intercourse or oral sex
(46.9%).

Ok..time for another post. This one is getting really long.

Rachel