Sex parties are events where people are allowed to participate in sexual activity with others, often in view of the other attendees. We asked Georgia Di Mattos, co-founder of home testing sexual health app iPlaySafe , to discuss the benefits, misconceptions and etiquette at sex parties — and share advice about how to pick the right event for you:. The adult lifestyle is expanding, and the adult partying scene is growing fast, says Di Mattos. How long they last depends on the party. Some parties may be held in country houses and last for the weekend; others are on cruise ships and may last a week or two. However, people are not free to have sex with anyone they want.

T he Zoom honeymoon is over. No more online cocktail parties, where conversation mysteriously cannot flow and everyone takes it in turns to tell an inconsequential anecdote that is short, but never quite short enough. No more FaceTime quizzes, where you lackadaisically Google the answers on your phone, because the goodwill entailed in joining the call in the first place was about all you had in you. Presumably, for most people, it is just a practical fix until sex clubs open again.

If you've never been to a sex party, what do you picture them looking like? Sweaty orgies where people penetrate one another as a way of saying hi? Some other intimidating, sordid fuckfest that's probably best left to more extroverted, hyper-qualified sex-havers than the likes of you? You're not necessarily wrong, but there are plenty of sex parties where you'd fit right in.