This copy is for your personal non-commercial use only. Swinging, that is. The practice of couples playing tradesies with their sexual partners has lost touch with its roots in conversation and seduction, Cohen says. The separation encourages the return of flirtation to the lifestyle, he says. Cohen, dressed for the country club in tan khakis, circular tortoise shell glasses and a gingham scarf, proudly shows off the second floor, featuring a communal shower and rooms with windows in the walls to peep into the next.
No stranger to oddball ideas — he once planned to convert the bar into a boutique hotel with units catering specifically to little people, or dwarfs — Cohen is tapping into a growing sentiment amongst older swingers, says Edward Fernandes.
Here, you will find many things — a sex swing, a flogging post, a human-sized cage. Reservation is likely to be in short supply. Open seven nights a week, M4 has been branching out beyond swinging. The vibe is undoubtedly forward. Members, who range from middle-aged right down to 19, tend to remove their clothes and wander around naked or in a towel, Kinney said.
The sprawling back section is filled with oversized mattresses. The soon to be relocated Wicked sex club has for years been a visible staple of Queen St. But swinging clubs as businesses are a fairly recent phenomenon, said Fernandes. When the movement began in the s, it was based in social clubs, not so much for profit as to create a space for the lifestyle.
Fernandes, who has studied swinging in the U. They were trying to stay away from places that attracted attention, for the obvious reasons. Kimmie Jacobsen has hosted sex parties for seven years, moving from place to place, at one point operating out of a mansion near Keele and Lawrence.
