Research and Analysis on Swinging


Swinger's
Library

Allen, Gina and Clement G. Martin, "Swapping And Swinging," chapter in Intimacy, Cowles Book Company, 1971.

Avery, Paul and Emily Avery, "Some Notes on 'Wife Swapping'," in Sex in America, edited by Henry Anatole Grunwald, Transworld, 1965. (Originally published as a series of articles in the San Francisco Chronicle.)

Bartell, Gilbert D., "Group Sex among the Mid-Americans," Journal of Sex Research, Vol. 6 No. 2.

Bartell, Gilbert D., Group Sex: a Scientist's Eyewitness Report on The American Way of Swinging, Wyden Inc., 1971.

Beigel, Hugo, G., "In Defense of Mate Swapping," Rational Living, Vol 4, No. 1.

Bell, Robert R., "'Swinging' The Sexual Exchange of Marriage Partners," Sexual Behavior, May 1971.

Bergstrand, Curtis and Jennifer B. Williams, "Today's Alternate Marriage Styles: The Case of Swingers," The Electronic Journal of Human Sexuality, October 10, 2000.

Brecher, Edward M., The Sex Researchers, Little, Brown and Company, 1969.

Cole, Charles L. and Graham B. Spanier, "Co-marital Mate-sharing and Family Stability," Journal of Sex Research, February 1974, This is a revision of a paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Family Relations, November 4, 1972.

Cole, Charles L. and Graham B. Spanier, "Induction Into Mate-swapping: a Review," Family Process, September 1973.

Cole, Charles L. and Graham B. Spanier, "Mate Swapping: Perceptions, Value Orientations, and Participation in a Midwestern Community," Archives of Sexual Behavior, Vol. 4, No. 2. This is a revision of a paper titled "Mate Swapping: Participation, Knowledge and Values in a Midwestern Community" presented at the 1972 meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society.

Colton, Helen, "Group Sex," in Sex After the Sexual Revolution, Association Press, 1972.

Comfort, Alex, "Sexuality in a Zero Growth Society," Center Report, 1972.

Constantine, Larry L. and Joan M. Constantine, Group Marriage, The Macmillan Company, 1973.

Denfeld, Duane, "Dropouts From Swinging," The Family Coordinator, January 1974.

Denfeld, Duane, "How Swingers Make Contact," Sexual Behavior, April, 1972.

Denfeld, Duane and Michael Gordon, "The Sociology of Mate Swapping: or The Family That Swings Together Clings Together," Journal of Sex Research, May 1970.

Dixon, Joan K., "The Commencement of Bisexual Activity in Swinging Married Women Over Age Thirty," The Journal of Sex Research, 1984, 20:1, p. 71.

Gilmartin, Brian G., "That Swinging Couple down the Block," Psychology Today, February 1975, p. 54.

Gould, Terry, The Lifestyle: A Look at the Erotic Rites of Swingers, Random House of Canada, 1999.

Grold, James L., "Swinging: Sexual Freedom or Neurotic Escapism?", American Journal of Psychiatry, October 1970.

Henshel, Anne-Marie, "Swinging: A Study of Decision Making in Marriage," American Journal of Sociology, January 1973, 78:885.

Jenks, Richard J., "Swinging: A Replication and Test of a Theory," The Journal of Sex Research, 1985, 21:2, p 199.

Jenks, Richard J., "Swinging: A Review of the Literature," Archives of Sexual Behavior, 1998, 27:5, p 507.

Johnson, Ralph E., "Extramarital Intercourse: a Methodological Note," Journal of Marriage and the Family, May 1970.

Neiger, Stehpen, "Mate Swapping: Can it Save a Marriage?," Sexology, January 1971.

Neubeck, Gerhard, Extramarital Relations, Prentice-Hall, 1969.

O'Neill, George C. and Nena O'Neill, "Patterns in Group Sexual Activity," Journal of Sex Research, Vol. 6, No. 2, May 1970.

Palson, Charles and Rebecca Palson, "Swinging in Wedlock," Society, February 1972.

Ramey, James W., "Emerging Patterns of Innovative Behavior in Marriage," The Family Coordinator, October 1972.

Rosengard, I. Stuart, "Mate Swapping: Why Is it So Popular?", Sexology, June 1971.

Schupp, Cherie Evelyn, An Analysis of Some Social-psychological Factors Which Operate in the Functioning Relationship of Married Couples Who Exchange Mates for the Purpose of Sexual Experience, 1970, Dissertation published on demand by University Microfilms.

Smith, James R. and Lynn G. Smith, eds. Beyond Monogamy, The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1974.

Smith, James R. and Lynn G. Smith, "Co-marital Sex And The Sexual Freedom Movement," Journal of Sex Research, May 1970.

Smith, James R. and Lynn G. Smith "Co-marital Sex: The Incorporation of Extramarital Sex Into the Marriage Relationship," Critical Issues in Contemporary Sexual Behavior, The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1973.

Smith, James R. and Lynn G. Smith "Intimacy, Ecstasy, and Eufunction: Some Neglected Dimensions of Sexual Counseling," paper presented to the American Orthopsychiatric Association, Spring 1974.

Symonds, Carolyn, "A Pilot Study of the Peripheral Behavior of Sexual Mate Swappers," Master's thesis, University of California, Riverside, June 1968.

Symonds, Carolyn, "Sexual Mate Swapping: Violation of Norms And Reconciliation of Guilt," in Studies In the Sociology of Sex, edited by James M. Henslin, Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1971.

Varni, Charles A., "An Exploratory Study of Wife Swapping," Pacific Sociological Review, Vol. 15 No. 4.

Walshok, Mary L., "The Emergence of a Middle-class Deviant Subculture: The Case of Swingers," Social Problems, Spring 1971.

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