Swinging: Sexual Freedom or Neurotic Escapism?
L. JAMES GROLD M.D.1
1 Assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif.
The author discusses the phenomenon of "swinging" (casual sexual encounters). He describes the motives behind it, how it is practiced. and its possible effects on the participants: some find swinging a pleasurable sharing experience; others are hurt by its artificiality and lack of real intimacy.
