The Sexual Revolution meets Popular Culture. Head On.

I mentioned recently that I'd started getting Swingtown from NetFlix. I hadn't started watching it yet, but I'm 7 episodes into Season 1 (which is, unfortunately, the only season) and I am really enjoying it.



I got it, of course, because it's about the 1970s and the original swinger generation(and the fact that I love 70s music and get a kick out of the fashio). But while that part of the series is still intriguing me, it's also very well written and very well acted and I'm enjoying it on it's own, prime time merits.

After the first four episodes, I started doing some web searching to see if there were going to be more seasons, and was very disappointed to find out it only ran for one. I'm guessing that that's a combination of the hugely vocal (screeching) of the Religious Right and people just not 'getting it'. So, so, so disappointing.

I'm very much enjoying the relationship dynamics that unfold between couple who explore the 'open relationship' forum. It's something that I've never really experienced in full, and something that intrigues me and scares the crap out of me at the same time. I've been doing a lot of web reading on the subject, and have run across a couple of really interesting articles that are mostly realistic and not pushing either way on the subject. This one, from an Australian News Blog, in particular made me smile, because it wasn't bent the way that most articles written by a journalist on this subject had been.

I think it's important to distinguish here that there is a difference between couple who have fully open relationships and those who just play with the dynamic occasionally in the form of a threesome or foursome. To be honest, I'm not 100% sure that a fully open relationship would work for me. I don't know if I have the inner fortitude that's necessary for that, and frankly.... since I'm not in a relationship right now, it's kind of pointless to think about. As far as threesomes or foursomes are concerned, it's always something I am open to discussing inside a relationship but the openness and the honesty that's necessary to make that work really has not been present in any recent relationships I have had. You can't be shy about expressing yourself when you invite someone into a bed built for two. If you are, it'll end up hurting one, two or all people involved. There has to be a strong level of comfort for all parties. No comfort = no fun.

Porn makes swinging -- and threesomes and orgies -- look easy. But in Swingtown, it's much more realistic, which is one of the reasons I'm enjoying it so much. This may be one set of DVDs I end up buying, because I know I'll want to watch it again.