EP286 - Is Swinging Right for Your Relationship? with Gigi Engle

Welcome to episode 286 of the Sexology Podcast! Today I am delighted to welcome Gigi Engle to the podcast. In this episode, we discuss swinging, the way in which the media portrays swinging versus the reality and the importance of consent when exploring swinging. 

 

Gigi Engle, ACS, CSE, CSC, is an award-winning feminist author, certified sex 

educator, and psychotherapist in training. 

  

As a sex expert with ethical non-monogamy app, 3Fun, she promotes and teaches pleasure-based sex education, GSRD relationships, and safer sex practices. 

  

Gigi’s work regularly appears in many publications including Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, Elle Magazine, Teen Vogue, Glamour, and Women's Health. Her articles have been shared over 150 million times. 

  

In 2019, Gigi was named Journalist of The Year at the Sexual Freedom Awards. 

  

She is originally from Chicago and currently lives in London, UK. 

    

In this episode, you will hear: 

  

• What is swinging? 
• Looking at how people discover they’re swingers 
• The way in which the media portrays swinging versus the reality 

• Why you shouldn’t open your relationship to save your relationship 
• The difference between swinging and polyamory  
• How we receive a lot of sex negative messaging throughout our lives 
• Where can people go to explore swinging? 
• Looking at the dynamics of who initiates swinging  

• The importance of consent when exploring swinging  
• How single women tend to be better welcomed than single men  

 

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