Terms
In principle, any sexual behaviour performed by more than two people can be referred to as group sex, but various terms are used to describe particular acts or combinations of people. Many swingers argue that non-swingers have conflated the terms because of lack of understanding and that there are distinct differences among the terms with specific meanings as to number, intent, sexual orientation, and familiarity of the persons involved.
- Circle jerk
- Group masturbation among men, usually sitting in somewhat of a circle formation.
- Gang bang
- A number of people performing sex acts on one person, either in turn or at the same time.
- Threesome or three-way
- Three people all having sexual relations, not necessarily simultaneously. Not to be confused with ménage à trois (literally, "household of three").
- Ménage à quatre or four-way
- Sex between four people.
- Orgy
- Group sex or a sex party.
- Bunga bunga orgy: An orgy in which the participants have sex underwater, such as in a swimming pool or a hot tub.
- Double penetration
- When a person is entered or penetrated in the vagina and/or anus by two men at the same time. This usually is when one enters the anus while another enters the vagina, although it does also refer to two simultaneous penetrations in the same orifice.
- Spintrian
- Term used by Suetonius to describe sexual group practices indulged in by the emperor Tiberius on Capri
- Monogamous Group Sex or Same Room Sex
- Couples engaging in sexual activity in the same room but in separate pairs, without any swapping of partners or other major sexual activity between couples.
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