There has been little
research on threesomes, a form of multi-person sex that involves sexual
activity with two other people simultaneously. Therefore, we examined young
adults' attitudes toward, interest in, and experiences with one form of
threesome, mixed-gender threesomes (MGTs), defined as sexual activity involving
three people where at least one member of each gender is present.
Participants
were 274 (202 women, 72 men) heterosexual young adults who completed an online
survey. Overall, 13 % of participants (24 % of men and 8 % of
women) reported experience and 64 % reported some interest in engaging in
an MGT. However, the overall level of interest was quite low and varied
according to contextual variables (i.e., what other persons were involved).
Men's interest remained unaffected by third person status as long as the MGT
involved familiar others (friends and acquaintances) rather than strangers,
whereas women preferred familiar others only for MGTs with which they were the
third person, not for those involving a romantic partner.
Participants also
reported fairly neutral attitudes toward MGTs. Compared to the women, the men
reported significantly more positive attitudes and greater interest, and were
more likely to report MGT experience. In addition, attitudes, interest, and
experience were all positively associated with each other.
Taken together,
these results suggest that young people are not judgmental about others
engaging in MGTs but are not highly motivated to do so themselves. Implications
for researchers and sexual health educators are discussed.
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By:
- 1Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, 800 Algoma Blvd., Oshkosh, WI, 54901, USA. thompsae@uwosh.edu.
- 2Department of Psychology, University of New Brunswick, POB 4400, Fredericton, NB, E3B 3A1, Canada.
- Arch Sex Behav. 2016 Mar 4.
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