With today?ssociety becoming more open and de-stigmatising individual lifestyles, theconcept of swinging has found its way into contemporary lifestyles. Swingersare now considered in most dating services and have a plethora of their ownwebsites, clubs and parties.

The opinions aresplit when talking about the origins of the swinging lifestyle: obviously onehas to mention the ancient Romans acceptance of orgies and alternative sexualpractices but other claim the actual practice of swinging in the 20th centurybegan differently.

According to TerryGould's The Lifestyle: A Look at the Erotic Rites of Swingers, swingingbegan among United States Air Force pilots and their wives during World War II.In this small community and a lot of pilots died in World War II. Gould reportsthat through the intense friendships between pilots the implication arose thatthe husbands would protect and care for all the wives as their own, bothemotionally and sexually, if the husbands were away or lost.

Other sourcespoint to U.S. Air Force pilots stationed in the California desert as the founder of modernswinging. Though the exact beginnings are not agreed upon, it is widely assumedthat swinging began amongst American military communities in the 1950s.

By the mid 50s,the swinging lifestyle moved from the military bases to other suburbs. Thefirst swingers' organization was the Sexual Freedom League, founded in Berkeley, California,in the 1960s in the liberal San Francisco Bay Area. Ultimately the NorthAmerican Swing Club Association (NASCA) (now NASCA International) was formed toencourage the dissemination of accurate information about swinging lifestylesacross North America.

Couplesand individuals are attracted to the swinging lifestyle for a variety ofdifferent reasons. Some believe that swinging gives them a break for thesenseless tension and demanding stress in their daily life while refreshing sexis the best antidote to relieve stress.

Through swinging, many people end up learningquite a bit about themselves and their sexuality. It is said that ?a swinginglifestyle can teach one to give and take pleasure like the way you have neverexperience before?. Most couples find that having their partner activelyenjoying and appreciating what they are experiencing during sex to be anincredible turn-on.                                         

In otherwords, swinging can be an opportunity to learn to relax and appreciate sexualpleasure, and may help you to view sex as a basis of pleasure and intimacy.