Foursome (group sex)

A foursome is a form of group sex involving four people of any gender combination.

Types of foursomes

Artistic depiction of a reverse gang bang

The level of sexual activity among the four members may vary greatly. Other foursomes may involve some same sex contact, and some foursomes actively involve all four members.

Wife swapping

Wife swapping involves two couples, usually both married heterosexual pairs, where each man swaps his wife for the other, and has sexual intercourse with her. There is usually no sexual contact between the two wives or the two husbands.

Soft swinging

Soft swinging involves two couples, where either one couple has a voyeuristic role watching the other have sex, or the couples each have sex but with no sexual contact between the two pairs.^[1]^[2]

Gang bangs

A gang bang involves three (or more) people having sex with a fourth successively.^[3] It involves both heterosexual and homosexual acts.

Reverse gang bangs

Sexual intercourse involving multiple women in which one man is the central focus.^[4]^[5]^[6]

Airtight seal

The airtight seal involves vaginal sex and anal sex performed on a woman by two men in a double penetration, while the woman performs fellatio on a third man.

Quads

A quad is a romantic relationship involving four people. It is most commonly used to describe a love relationship between two couples where it takes the form of a square, in which all four people have a love relationship with each other.

While it can refer to two people independently romantically linked with two others, it usually implies that each of the four people has some kind of sexual relationship to the other three. The relationships are normally friendships, though romantic. Addition of bisexual or homosexual characters adds many possible combinations of sexes, and of romantic and sexual interactions.

Gallery

Painting by Édouard-Henri Avril: two women and two men having a foursome.
Painting by Alfred de Musset of three women and a man having a foursome

References

^ Bellemeade, Kaye (2003). Swinging for Beginners. New Tradition Books. pp. 89–90. ISBN 0-9728473-4-0.
^ Stevens, Kate (2010). Freak Nation: A Field Guide to 101 of the Most Odd, Extreme, and Outrageous American Subcultures. Adams Media. p. 191. ISBN 978-1-4405-0646-8.
^ Sanders, William B. (1994). Gangbangs and drive-bys: grounded culture and juvenile gang violence. Social problems and social issues. Transaction Publishers. ISBN 0-202-30537-6.
^ SexualDiversity.org (2014-10-04). "Definitions: Glossary of Sex and Sexuality Words". Sexual Diversity. Retrieved 2023-08-04.
^ Katherine Frank (2013). Plays Well in Groups: A Journey Through the World of Group Sex. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated. p. 8. ISBN 978-1-4422-1868-0. Archived from the original on 1 August 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
^ Thomas, Sophie Saint. "How To Safely Fulfill Your Hot Gang Bang Fantasy". www.refinery29.com. Retrieved 2024-02-29.

External links

Relationship Types: Foursomes Archived 2012-05-12 at the Wayback Machine

[1] Bellemeade, Kaye (2003). Swinging for Beginners. New Tradition Books. pp. 89–90. ISBN 0-9728473-4-0.

[2] Stevens, Kate (2010). Freak Nation: A Field Guide to 101 of the Most Odd, Extreme, and Outrageous American Subcultures. Adams Media. p. 191. ISBN 978-1-4405-0646-8.

[3] Sanders, William B. (1994). Gangbangs and drive-bys: grounded culture and juvenile gang violence. Social problems and social issues. Transaction Publishers. ISBN 0-202-30537-6.

[4] SexualDiversity.org (2014-10-04). "Definitions: Glossary of Sex and Sexuality Words". Sexual Diversity. Retrieved 2023-08-04.

[Frank-5] Katherine Frank (2013). Plays Well in Groups: A Journey Through the World of Group Sex. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated. p. 8. ISBN 978-1-4422-1868-0. Archived from the original on 1 August 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2018.

[6] Thomas, Sophie Saint. "How To Safely Fulfill Your Hot Gang Bang Fantasy". www.refinery29.com. Retrieved 2024-02-29.

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