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In [[human sexuality]], a '''threesome''' is [[Human sexual activity|sexual activity]] that involves three people at the same time.<ref name="Frayser">{{cite book |authors=Suzanne G. Frayser, Thomas J. Whitby| title = Studies in Human Sexuality: A Selected Guide | publisher = [[Libraries Unlimited]]|pages=340–341|isbn = 1563081318|year=1995|accessdate = October 3, 2013 | url =https://books.google.com/?id=ZArPH0nFGo0C&pg=PA340&dq=#v=onepage&q=f=false}}</ref><ref name="Howe">{{cite book |author=Tasha R. Howe|title = Marriages and Families in the 21st Century: A Bioecological Approach| publisher = [[John Wiley & Sons]]|page=109| isbn = 1405195010|year=2011| accessdate = October 3, 2013 | url =https://books.google.com/?id=UHaLL0pYwhMC&printsec=frontcover&dq=#v=onepage&q=&f=false}}</ref> ''Threesome'' can also refer to a [[love triangle]], a three-way romantic relationship. Though ''threesome'' is most commonly applied to a [[casual sex|casual sexual activity]] involving sexual activity among three participants, a threesome may also be found in a long-term domestic relationship, such as [[polyamory]] or a [[ménage à trois]].<ref name="Frayser"/> In this context, a threesome may also be called a "throuple".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cosmopolitan.com/sex-love/news/a11252/throuples-are-happening/ |title=Throuples Are a Thing Now|work=[[Cosmopolitan (magazine)|Cosmopolitan]]|author = Barker, Emma|accessdate=10 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nationalreview.com/article/355295/redefine-marriage-debase-language-ryan-t-anderson |title=Get ready for the throuples.|work=[[National Review]]|accessdate=10 October 2017}}</ref>
In [[human sexuality]], a '''threesome''' or '''troilism''' is [[Human sexual activity|sexual activity]] that involves three people at the same time.<ref name="Frayser">{{cite book |authors=Suzanne G. Frayser, Thomas J. Whitby| title = Studies in Human Sexuality: A Selected Guide | publisher = [[Libraries Unlimited]]|pages=340–341|isbn = 1563081318|year=1995|accessdate = October 3, 2013 | url =https://books.google.com/?id=ZArPH0nFGo0C&pg=PA340&dq=#v=onepage&q=f=false}}</ref><ref name="Howe">{{cite book |author=Tasha R. Howe|title = Marriages and Families in the 21st Century: A Bioecological Approach| publisher = [[John Wiley & Sons]]|page=109| isbn = 1405195010|year=2011| accessdate = October 3, 2013 | url =https://books.google.com/?id=UHaLL0pYwhMC&printsec=frontcover&dq=#v=onepage&q=&f=false}}</ref> ''Threesome'' can also refer to a [[love triangle]], a three-way romantic relationship. Though ''threesome'' is most commonly applied to a [[casual sex|casual sexual activity]] involving sexual activity among three participants, a threesome may also be found in a long-term domestic relationship, such as [[polyamory]] or a [[ménage à trois]].<ref name="Frayser"/> In this context, a threesome may also be called a ''throuple''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cosmopolitan.com/sex-love/news/a11252/throuples-are-happening/ |title=Throuples Are a Thing Now|work=[[Cosmopolitan (magazine)|Cosmopolitan]]|author = Barker, Emma|accessdate=10 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nationalreview.com/article/355295/redefine-marriage-debase-language-ryan-t-anderson |title=Get ready for the throuples.|work=[[National Review]]|accessdate=10 October 2017}}</ref>


A threesome is a form of [[group sex]], but involving only three people. It may occur more frequently in private situations, such as spontaneous sexual activity among three friends, or arranged in a community of like-minded [[Swinging (sexual practice)|swingers]] or planned as a once-only experience;<ref>Marie Claire, September 10, 2011: [http://www.marieclaire.com/sex-love/relationship-issues/threesome-sex-menage-a-trois-planning How I Planned a Ménage à Trois]</ref> and rarely in anonymous settings, such as at [[orgy|orgies]] or other [[sex party (group sex)|sex parties]]. Among swinging couples, one of the two partners is often the driving force and the other is more passive-supportive of the addition of additional sex parties.{{Citation needed|date=August 2018}} Some couples use a threesome as a way to develop a love triangle (''[[ménage à trois]]'').<ref name=Hite>[[Shere Hite]], The Hite Report: The sexual experience of women, Munich, 1989</ref>
A threesome is typically a form of [[group sex]], but involving only three people. It may occur more frequently in private situations, such as spontaneous sexual activity among three friends, or arranged in a community of like-minded [[Swinging (sexual practice)|swingers]] or planned as a once-only experience;<ref>Marie Claire, September 10, 2011: [http://www.marieclaire.com/sex-love/relationship-issues/threesome-sex-menage-a-trois-planning How I Planned a Ménage à Trois]</ref> and rarely in anonymous settings, such as at [[orgy|orgies]] or other [[sex party (group sex)|sex parties]]. Among swinging couples, one of the two partners is often the driving force and the other is more passive-supportive of the addition of additional sex parties.{{Citation needed|date=August 2018}} Some couples use a threesome as a way to develop a love triangle (''[[ménage à trois]]'').<ref name=Hite>[[Shere Hite]], The Hite Report: The sexual experience of women, Munich, 1989</ref>


A threesome is a common element of [[sexual fantasy]].<ref name="Frayser"/> It is commonly depicted in [[pornography]], but very rarely in mainstream cinema.
A threesome is a common element of [[sexual fantasy]].<ref name="Frayser"/> It is commonly depicted in [[pornography]], but very rarely in mainstream cinema.



== Types ==
== Types ==

Revision as of 01:49, 4 December 2019

This article is about sexual activities involving three people. For other uses, see Threesome (disambiguation).
"Three-way" redirects here. For other uses, see 3-way (disambiguation).

"Der Gemeinsame Freund" by Peter Fendi, ca.1910

In human sexuality, a threesome or troilism is sexual activity that involves three people at the same time.[1][2] Threesome can also refer to a love triangle, a three-way romantic relationship. Though threesome is most commonly applied to a casual sexual activity involving sexual activity among three participants, a threesome may also be found in a long-term domestic relationship, such as polyamory or a ménage à trois.[1] In this context, a threesome may also be called a throuple.[3][4]

A threesome is typically a form of group sex, but involving only three people. It may occur more frequently in private situations, such as spontaneous sexual activity among three friends, or arranged in a community of like-minded swingers or planned as a once-only experience;[5] and rarely in anonymous settings, such as at orgies or other sex parties. Among swinging couples, one of the two partners is often the driving force and the other is more passive-supportive of the addition of additional sex parties.[citation needed] Some couples use a threesome as a way to develop a love triangle (ménage à trois).[6]

A threesome is a common element of sexual fantasy.[1] It is commonly depicted in pornography, but very rarely in mainstream cinema.


Types

The people involved in a threesome may have any combination of gender and sexual orientation. Each participant may engage in any type of sex act with one or both of the others, such as vaginal, anal or oral sex or mutual masturbation. One or more of the participants may engage in autoerotic sexual activity, such as masturbation, possibly without physical contact with the other participants. It is a matter of subjective definition whether participation of a third person without physical contact constitutes a threesome. This may relate to fetishes such as voyeurism or cuckolding. Lucky Pierre is slang for a person performing both receptive and insertive anal and/or vaginal sex simultaneously during a threesome, being positioned between the two partners.

A heterosexual threesome may involve two men and a woman, for example, in double penetration, or two women and a man. A bisexual threesome may involve a man having sex with a man and a woman, the woman having sex with a man and a woman, or all three having sex with each other. A homosexual threesome would involve either three men or three women. Other possibilities are possible, such as a man having sex with two women who are having sex with each other.[6]

Sex positions

Threesome sexual activity may take place in a number of sex positions; for example, the following:

  • Painting by Édouard-Henri Avril: threesome involving two men and a woman
    Painting by Édouard-Henri Avril: threesome involving two men and a woman
  • Threesome involving double penetration
    Threesome involving double penetration
  • Threesome involving two men and a woman
    Threesome involving two men and a woman
  • Threesome involving two women and a man
    Threesome involving two women and a man

Media

Threesome scenes are featured in various films, including Summer Lovers (1982), Threesome (1994), Wild Things (1998), American Psycho (2000)[7], Zoolander (2001), Y Tu Mamá También (2001), Ken Park (2002), The Dreamers (2003), Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008), Shame (2011), On the Road (2012), Savages (2012), Spring Breakers (2012), Knock Knock (2015), and Love (2015).[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Studies in Human Sexuality: A Selected Guide. Libraries Unlimited. 1995. pp. 340–341. ISBN 1563081318. Retrieved October 3, 2013. {{cite book}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter |authors= (help)
  2. ^ Tasha R. Howe (2011). Marriages and Families in the 21st Century: A Bioecological Approach. John Wiley & Sons. p. 109. ISBN 1405195010. Retrieved October 3, 2013.
  3. ^ Barker, Emma. "Throuples Are a Thing Now". Cosmopolitan. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  4. ^ "Get ready for the throuples". National Review. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  5. ^ Marie Claire, September 10, 2011: How I Planned a Ménage à Trois
  6. ^ a b Shere Hite, The Hite Report: The sexual experience of women, Munich, 1989
  7. ^ American Psycho threesome scene. Retrieved 2015-10-24.
  8. ^ Hoarde, Peter. "The 10 Most Memorable Threesome Scenes in Movies". Complex.com. Retrieved 29 September 2018.

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