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Group sex is sexual behavior involving more than two participants. Group sex can occur amongst people of all sexual orientations and genders. While this article discusses group sex among humans, the behavior also occurs in other animal species such as bighorn sheep and bonobos.

Group sex may take place in public (for instance, at outdoor events or nightclubs); at massage parlors, brothels or soaplands; at sex parties or, in some jurisdictions, at purpose-built locations such as sex clubs or gay bathhouses. In places where non-monogamous sex is taboo or illegal, group sex takes place in private or clandestine locations, including homes, hotel rooms, or private clubs.

Terms[link]

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.^[1]

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. ^[2]

Double penetration

When a woman 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^[3]

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.

Prevalence[link]

Fantasies of group sex are extremely common among both men and women. In major studies, between 54–88% of people fantasize about watching others have sex, 40–42% fantasize about being watched by others, and between 39–72% fantasize about bondage.^[4] Many forms of sexual behavior were reported by Kinsey's subjects, but the official Kinsey Reports web site does not mention threesomes or group sex in the summary of Kinsey's findings.

Health[link]

As with all sexual activity, the relative risks of group sex depend on the specific activities engaged in, although having a large number of sexual partners increases one's risk of exposure to sexually transmitted infections (STIs).

From the mid-1980s there was lobbying against gay bathhouses blaming them for the spread of STIs, in particular HIV, and this forced their closure in some jurisdictions, particularly in the United States.^[5][6] Sociologist Stephen O. Murray, writes that, "there was never any evidence presented that going to bathhouses was a risk-factor for contracting AIDS."^[7] In other countries, fears about the spread of STIs have prompted the closing of bathhouses—with their private rooms—in favour of sex clubs, in which all sexual activity takes place in the open, and can be observed by monitors whose job it is to enforce safer sex practices.^[8]

Proponents point out that venues where group sex takes place often provide condoms, dental dams, latex gloves, lubricants and other items for safer sex. Bathhouses in particular are a major source of safer sex information—they provide pamphlets and post safer sex posters prominently (often on the walls of each room as well as in the common areas), provide free condoms and lubricants, and often require patrons to affirm that they will only have safer sex on the premises.^{[9][10][11][12]}

See also[link]

• List of sex positions for group sex
• Sex party

Notes[link]

References[link]

• Legman, Gershon (1969). Oragenitalism : Oral Techniques in Genital Excitation. New York: The Julian Press Inc.
• Partridge, Burgo (1960). A History of Orgies.
• Talese, Gay (1980). Thy Neighbor's Wife.

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Group sex

• Weinberg, Martin S.; Williams, Colin J. (December 1975). "Gay Baths and the Social Organization of Impersonal Sex". Social Problems 23 (2): 124–136. DOI:10.1525/sp.1975.23.2.03a00020. JSTOR 799651. 

Top Quality was an American rapper formally signed to RCA Records in the early 1990s.

After appearing in The Source magazine's Unsigned Hype, a column dedicated to finding unsigned talent, Top Quality eventually caught the eye of EPMD's Parrish "PMD" Smith, who made him a member of the rap collective Hit Squad and was subsequently signed a deal with RCA Records. His debut album, Magnum Opus was released in November 1993 and was executively produced by Smith himself. The album, however, was a commercial failure. Unlike other Hit Squad releases at the time, Magnum Opus failed to sell many copies and peaked at only 95 on the Billboard R&B charts.^[1][2]

After being released from RCA, Top Quality appeared on PMD's Shade Business in 1994 and 3rd Eye's Planets in 1998, but he has not been heard of since.

Discography[link]

References[link]

Nastassja Kinski
Nastassja Kinski in 2009
Born	Nastassja Aglaia Nakszyński (1961-01-24) 24 January 1961 (age 51) Berlin, Germany
Occupation	actress
Years active	1975–present
Spouse	Ibrahim Moussa (1984–1992)

Nastassja Kinski (born 24 January 1961^[1][2]) is a German-born American-based actress who has appeared in more than 60 films. Her starring roles include her Golden Globe Award-winning portrayal of the title character in Tess and her roles in two erotic films (Stay As You Are and Cat People), as well as parts in Wim Wenders' films The Wrong Move; Paris, Texas; and Faraway, So Close!. Richard Avedon's photo of her, nude with a large python, was marketed as a poster.

Early life[link]

Born in Berlin as Nastassja Aglaia Nakszyński^[2], Kinski is the daughter of the German actor Klaus Kinski from his marriage to actress Ruth Brigitte Tocki, thus making her half sister to Pola and Nikolai Kinski. Her parents divorced in 1968. Kinski rarely saw her father after the age of 10. Kinski and her mother struggled financially.^[3] They eventually lived in a commune in Munich.

Career[link]

Her career began in Germany as a model. After this the German New Wave actress Lisa Kreuzer placed her in the role of the dumb Mignon in Wim Wenders' film The Wrong Move. In 1976 she had her first major role in the feature length film and Wolfgang Petersen directed episode Reifezeugnis of the German TV crime series Tatort. Also in 1976, in her mid-teens, she starred in the British Hammer Film Productions' horror film To the Devil a Daughter (1976). She has stated that, as a child, she felt exploited by the industry and told a journalist from W Magazine, "If I had had somebody to protect me or if I had felt more secure about myself, I would not have accepted certain things. Nudity things. And inside it was just tearing me apart."^[4]

Kinski starred in Stay As You Are (1978) with Marcello Mastroianni. New Line Cinema released it in the United States in December 1979, helping Kinski to get more recognition there. Time magazine said: "Kinski is simply ravishing, genuinely sexy and high-spirited without being painfully aggressive about it."^[5] Director Roman Polanski urged Kinski to study acting with Lee Strasberg in the United States and cast her in his film, Tess (1979). In 1981, photographer Richard Avedon photographed Kinski with a Burmese python coiled around her naked body.

In 1982, she appeared in One from the Heart, and Cat People, and then Unfaithfully Yours, and The Hotel New Hampshire. Paris, Texas won awards at Cannes, however, the film was not widely released in the United States. Kinski then split her time between Europe and the United States, making Moon in the Gutter (1983), Harem (1985) and Torrents of Spring (1989) in Europe and Exposed (1983), Maria’s Lovers (1984) and Revolution (1985) in the U.S. Kinski's luck turned in the 1990s when she appeared in films such as Terminal Velocity opposite Charlie Sheen, and Mike Figgis' One Night Stand.^{[citation needed]}

Nastassja Kinski in 1989

In One From the Heart, director Francis Ford Coppola brought Kinski to the U.S.^[6] to act as a "Felliniesque circus performer to represent the twinkling evanescence of Eros. . . Kinski has one great moment in the film, when she seductively curls up in a giant neon-rimmed martini glass. . ."^[7] The film failed at the box office and was a major loss for Coppola's new studio, Zoetrope Studios. Other appearances include Somebody Is Waiting (1996), Your Friends & Neighbors (1998), John Landis' Susan's Plan (1998), The Lost Son (1999), and Inland Empire (2006).

Personal life[link]

In 1976, Kinski began a romantic relationship with Roman Polanski, when she was 15 years old and he was 43.^{[8][9][10][11][12]}

In the mid-1980s, Kinski met Egyptian filmmaker Ibrahim Moussa. They married on September 10, 1984. They raised her son (by actor Vincent Spano), Aljosha (born 1984) and daughter, Sonja Kinski, now a model (born 1986). The marriage was dissolved in 1992. From 1992 until 1995, Kinski lived with musician Quincy Jones. In 1993, their daughter, Kenya Julia Miambi Sarah Jones, was born.^[13]

Kinski reportedly speaks German, French, English, Italian and Russian fluently.^{[citation needed]}

Selected filmography[link]

Kinski at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival.

• The Wrong Move (1975)
• To the Devil a Daughter (1976)
• Tatort: Reifezeugnis (1977)
• Passion Flower Hotel (1978)
• Così come sei (also known as Stay As You Are, 1978)
• Tess (1979)
• One from the Heart (1982)
• Cat People (1982)
• Exposed (1983)
• Moon in the Gutter (1983)
• Maria’s Lovers (1984)
• Paris, Texas (1984)
• The Hotel New Hampshire (1984)
• Unfaithfully Yours (1984)
• Harem (1985)
• Revolution (1985)
• Torrents of Spring (1989)
• The Sun Also Shines at Night (1990)
• The Secret (1990)
• Faraway, So Close! (1993)
• Terminal Velocity (1994)
• Crackerjack (1994)
• The Ring (1996)
• Fathers' Day (1997)
• One Night Stand (1997)
• Bella Mafia (1997)
• Little Boy Blue (1997)
• Savior (1998)
• Playing by Heart (1998)
• Your Friends & Neighbors (1998)
• The Intruder (1999)
• The Claim (2000)
• The Magic of Marciano (2000)
• Time Share (2000)
• An American Rhapsody (2001)
• The Day the World Ended (2001)
• Town & Country (2001)
• Blind Terror (TV 2001)
• Say Nothing (2001)
• .com for Murder (2002)
• Paradise Found (2003)
• Les Liaisons dangereuses (TV miniseries 2003)
• À ton image (2004)
• Inland Empire (2006)

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Nastassja Kinski

• Kinski's French language website
• Nastassja Kinski at the Internet Movie Database
• Nastassja Kinski at the TCM Movie Database
• Nastassja Kinski at AllRovi
• Nastassja Kinski at Yahoo! Movies
• "Daddy's Girl", The Guardian, 3 July 1999.

Videos[link]

• "One From the Heart" video clip, 5 min.
• Photo slide show video, 3 min.
• David Letterman show part 1
• David Letterman show, part 2, discussing early career and director Roman Polanski