Hi Student,

Personally I see swinging as potentially a social good, with the complications that increased socialization always bring. Societal mores are often archaic and quite harmful to peaceful society and are often best replaced with improved values for one's mental health. That said, there are real concerns with disease however over blown by those with an agenda to suppress and dictate normal human sexual desires, so adequate medical related precautions are in order. You might want to look to whether your "values" are based on rational ideas or have been drilled into you irrationally. Insecurity and jealousy are often irrational fears that most find uncomfortable and are able to grow beyond, pushing or feeling pushed beyond what you are comfortable with is risky whether beating agoraphobia or more advanced socialization. I would want to take any program of risking growth at my own speed so that I could feel more comfortable with myself and the world while avoiding set backs that might reverse my progress against my social anxiety.
I tend to believe staying within the sexual bill of rights at this site is probably a good idea. http://www.americanhumanist.org/abou...al-rights.html

~Down