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'''Group sex''' is [[Human sexual activity|sexual
Group sex most commonly takes place in a private '''sex party''' or semi-public '''swinger gathering''', but may also take place at [[massage parlor]]s or [[brothel]]s or, in some jurisdictions, at purpose-built locations such as [[sex club]]s. In places where [[Polyamory|non-monogamous sex]] is taboo or illegal, group sex may take place in private or clandestine locations including homes, [[hotel]] rooms, or private clubs.
Fantasies of group sex are extremely common among both men and women.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Joyal|first1=Christian C.|last2=Cossette|first2=Amélie|last3=Lapierre|first3=Vanessa|date=2015|title=What Exactly Is an Unusual Sexual Fantasy?|journal=The Journal of Sexual Medicine
Group sex is a subgenre in [[pornographic film]]s.
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From the mid-1980s there was active lobbying against [[gay bathhouse]]s, blaming them for the spread of STIs, in particular [[HIV]], and this forced closures in some jurisdictions, particularly in the United States.<ref>{{cite news
|first=Jane | last=Gross | title=Bathhouses reflect AIDS concerns | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/10/14/nyregion/bathhouses-reflect-aids-concerns.html | newspaper=The New York Times | date=October 14, 1985 | access-date=26 December 2006 | quote=At the St. Marks Baths, for the price of a locker or a room, patrons now get a free condom, enclosed in a package that bears the legend ''the contents of this envelope could save your life.''}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Woods|Binson|2003}}</ref> Sociologist [[Stephen O. Murray
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==Prevalence==
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==Law==
The [[Sexual Offences Act 1967]] decriminalized homosexual acts between two men over 21 years of age ''in private'' in [[England]] and [[Wales]];<ref name="guardian.co.uk">[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/jul/02/tories-out-in-force-gay-pride "From Section 28 to a Home Office float - Tories come out in force at gay march"], ''The Guardian'', London, 3 July 2010.</ref> however, the privacy restrictions of the Act meant a third person could not participate in the sex or even be present, as well as that the two men could not have sex in a hotel. These restrictions were overturned in the [[European Court of Human Rights]] in 2000.<ref>{{cite web|url=
[[Section 20A]] of the [[Immorality Act, 1957]],<ref>In 1988 the Immorality Act was renamed the Sexual Offences Act.</ref> commonly known as the "men at a party" clause, was a South African law that criminalized all sexual acts between men that occurred in the presence of a third person. The section was enacted by the [[Immorality Amendment Act, 1969]] and remained in force until it was found to be unconstitutional in 1998 by the [[Constitutional Court of South Africa|Constitutional Court]] in the case of ''[[National Coalition for Gay and Lesbian Equality v Minister of Justice]]''.
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A 1996 [[sexual harassment]] case filed against [[Mitsubishi Motors North America|Mitsubishi Motor Manufacturing of America]] by the [[Equal Employment Opportunity Commission]] (EEOC) highlighted corporate involvement by Mitsubishi in sex parties arranged by managers and other employees.<ref>[http://www.contilaw.com/pleadings/EEOCvMitsubishsi.htm "Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Mitsubishi Motor Manufacturing of America Inc."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304115244/http://www.contilaw.com/pleadings/EEOCvMitsubishsi.htm |date=2016-03-04 }}, Adam J. Conti, LLC, Filing 96-1192, September 15, 1997</ref>
Group sex is illegal in China, due to Article 301 of China's 1997 Criminal Law which bans “group licentiousness”.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pressreader.com/singapore/esquire-singapore/20141001/283296045880117|title=In
In Canada, in a 2002 decision regarding a case in which three people were engaged in sexual intercourse, the [[Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta]] declared section 159 of the ''[[Criminal Code (Canada)|Criminal Code]]'' in its entirety to be null, including the provisions criminalizing anal sex when more than two persons are taking part or present.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.canlii.org/en/ab/abqb/doc/2002/2002abqb145/2002abqb145.html|title=R. v. Roth, 2002 ABQB 145 (CanLII)|access-date=12 June 2016}}</ref> In June 2019, C-75 passed both houses of the [[Parliament of Canada]] and received [[royal assent]], repealing section 159 effective immediately.<ref>{{cite act |type=bill |date=21 June 2019 |legislature=Parliament of Canada |title=Bill C-75 |url= https://www.parl.ca/DocumentViewer/en/42-1/bill/C-75/royal-assent}}</ref>
==Media portrayals==
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Sensational media reports about the prevalence of sex parties, especially among young people, appear with some regularity. In the early 1950s, for example, it was alleged that teenage girls, mainly throughout the [[Southern United States|Southern]] and [[Midwestern United States]] were forming "non-virgin clubs", in which they organized and held [[orgy|sex orgies]] with reports of couples being paired off by drawing numbers from a hat. These claims were investigated and debunked.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qy0gAAAAIBAJ&pg=6771,6733980&dq=non+virgin+clubs&hl=en|title='Non-Virgin Club' New Aspect of Teen-age Sex Misbehavior |last=Morin |first=Relmin |date=August 26, 1951 |work=[[Eugene Register-Guard]] |access-date=19 October 2012}}</ref><ref>[[Susan Cahn|Cahn, Susan]] (2007). ''Sexual Reckonings: Southern Girls in a Troubling Age''. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. (p. 199) {{ISBN|978-0-674-02452-6}}</ref><ref>Peril, Lynn (2002). ''Pink Think: Becoming a Woman in Many Uneasy Lessons''. New York. W.W. Norton & Company Inc. (pp. 100-101) {{ISBN|0-393-32354-4}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://mattoonhistory.home.mchsi.com/Timeline/1950s.htm |title=Mattoon, Illinois History 1950-1959 |publisher=mattoonhistory.home.mschsi.com |access-date=2012-10-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103200204/http://mattoonhistory.home.mchsi.com/Timeline/1950s.htm |archive-date=2012-11-03 }}</ref>
Several stories of this type arose in the US in 2003. In New York, rumors began that teens had been taking days off from school to attend "hooky parties" while their parents were at work. One school even suspended a group of girls for allegedly skipping school to attend such a party, refusing to let them
A [[rainbow party (sexuality)|rainbow party]] is a baseless [[urban legend]] spread from the early 2000s. At these events, females wearing various shades of lipstick reportedly took turns [[Fellatio|fellating]] males in sequence, leaving multiple colours on their penises,<ref name=NYTimes>Lewin, Tamar (June 30, 2005). [https://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/30/fashion/thursdaystyles/30rainbow.html "Are These Parties for Real?"] ''[[The New York Times]]''. Retrieved August 27, 2009.</ref> ignoring the fact that in such a situation the colors would blend. Rainbow parties were covered on ''[[The Oprah Winfrey Show]]'' in 2003, and became the subject of a juvenile novel called ''Rainbow Party''.<ref name=NYTimes/> On May 27, 2010, the television program ''[[The Doctors (2008 TV series)|The Doctors]]'' discussed the topic with dozens of teens, parents, and professionals. However, sex researchers and adolescent health care professionals have found no evidence for the existence of rainbow parties, and as such attribute the spread of the stories to a moral panic.<ref name=NYTimes/>
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