‘Oldest Swinger Couple’ in U.K. Isn’t Really …

| June 9, 2010

Oldest Swinger Couple in U.K. Isn’t Really … Not that Ian and Jean Smith aren’t reasonably old, at 70 and 75. And not that they aren’t fun-loving, sex-positive, partner-swapping kinksters, either.

British Swingers: Two Million and Counting

| March 14, 2009

When I throw into casual conversation some of the membership numbers associated with social-sexual networking web sites, some people boggle and others scoff.

“I call bullshit,” was one comment when I posted the per capita membership of Adult Friendfinder by state recently. Someone didn’t believe that 12 percent of adult Alaskans and seven percent of Americans over the age of 18 would be members of AFF.

Alaska, Wyoming, Washington D.C. Top ‘Swinging States’ List

| March 9, 2009

Alaskans may vote conservatively but the state that brought us Gov. Sarah Palin leads the nation in memberships per capita to the world’s largest site for swingers, adult chat and adult personal ads. The nation’s capital, Washington, D.C., ranks third.

The statistics gnomes at intotemptation.net, meaning me, spent a day and change crunching and analyzing the publicly available records at AdultFriendfinder.com, which claims more than 16 million members …

SexyAds.com moving toward free access

| February 13, 2009

In a move that may have some profound implications for the world of online adult personals, SexyAds.com founders Jayce and Maureen Shaw said today that the adult dating site will shift to “fully featured adult networking.” (More)

You've Been Tempted.

Shadowy "Into Temptation" has been a forum about evolving social-sexual networks and how they have changed and are changing lives. In other words, we talk about dating and sex.

The original intention was that this blog would also chronicle a book project on the same subject; but that is in flux, on hiatus, perhaps meant for another time.