Again in almost every case, once the women have overcome their initial qualms and fears, it has been they who have assumed the lead as swingers.

We love the easy companionship. We love the glamour, the dressing-up and the showing off. We cherish the acceptance of our sexuality. We adore the sustained eroticism…

In many cases, too, we love the freedom to experiment with our bisexuality. This may in time become a less pressing motive.

Today’s young girl’s openly and uninhibitedly experiment with lesbian sex where previous generations were reared to regard it as a condition – almost as a disease. At present, however, there are  many women in their late thirties or early forties who have repressed all bisexual impulses and now, when the opportunity is presented to them, plunge joyously into exploration of the sensuous possibilities afforded by their own sex. Perhaps such exploration will always require the context of swinging or something similar because, in truth, many of us are physically bi but psychologically hetero. Kerri is typical of such women. “I have always loved sex with other women. I love the feel of them, the sight of them and the taste of them. I love the way that women make love. On the other hand, I  once tried to live with another girl as a lover and was nearly driven mad – not through her fault, but because it was always the same, the same trivial arguments, the same topics of conversation… Lesbians are very different from us bisexual girls, and I’m just not one of them.”