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'''Group sex''' is [[Human sexual activity|sexual activity]] involving more than two people. Participants in group sex can be of any [[sexual orientation]] or [[gender]]. Any form of [[Human sexual activity|sexual activity]] can be adopted to involve more than two participants, but some forms have their own names.
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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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*Reverse gang bang: Sexual intercourse involving multiple women in which one man is the central focus
*[[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").
*[[Foursome (group sex)|Foursome]] or four-way: Sex between four people. Not to be confused with ménage à quatre (literally, "household of four").
*[[Double penetration]]: When a person is entered or penetrated in the vagina and/or anus by two people at the same time. This is usually when one person enters the anus while another enters the vagina; however, it also refers to two simultaneous penetrations in the same orifice.
*Spintrian: A term used by [[Suetonius]] to describe sexual group practices indulged in by the emperor [[Tiberius]] on [[Capri]].<ref>{{Cite book| title=Manual of classical erotology (De figuris Veneris) | first=Friedrich Karl | last=Forberg | author-link=Friedrich Karl Forberg | publisher=Medical Press of New York | year=1963 | page=233 }}</ref>
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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]] writes that, "there was never any evidence presented that going to bathhouses was a risk-factor for contracting AIDS."<ref>{{harvnb|Murray|1996}}</ref> This statement ignored the fact that few studies had been done.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Reidy |first=William J. |last2=Spielberg |first2=Freya |last3=Wood |first3=Robert |last4=Binson |first4=Diane |last5=Woods |first5=William J. |last6=Goldbaum |first6=Gary M. |date=April 2009 |title=HIV Risk Associated With Gay Bathhouses and Sex Clubs: Findings From 2 Seattle Surveys of Factors Related to HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infections |url=https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/full/10.2105/AJPH.2007.130773 |journal=American Journal of Public Health |volume=99 |issue=S1 |pages=S165–S172 |doi=10.2105/AJPH.2007.130773 |issn=0090-0036 |pmc=2724952 |pmid=19218174}}</ref> Later studies have confirmed a higher risk off STI from bathhouses.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Lau |first=JosephT. F. |last2=Zhao |first2=Jin-Kou |last3=Wu |first3=Xiao-Bing |last4=Gu |first4=Jing |last5=Hao |first5=Chun |date=2013-03-01 |title=Gay Saunas and the Risks of HIV and Syphilis Transmissions in China—Results of a Meta‐Analysis |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1743609515302824 |journal=The Journal of Sexual Medicine |volume=10 |issue=3 |pages=642–652 |doi=10.1111/j.1743-6109.2012.02956.x |issn=1743-6095|pmc=7105074 }}</ref> 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.<ref name="Woods%252520GB">{{Cite book
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