Mar 15, 2018 · But a rigorous, fact-based analysis shows little proof, and relegates key party rumors to the level of urban legends like gerbilling, rainbow parties, and “Hot Karls.”

Feb 26, 2014 · I hear legends of key parties that occurred back in the 70s where all the guests would put their house keys in a bowl and then go home with whomever drew the key.

Dec 4, 2022 · Key parties were for swingers and mostly a 50’s thing as I recall. By the 70’s the sexual revolution was in top gear so lots of consensual sex was happening with no need for a key party as an excuse to ball.

Aug 28, 2012 · The 1997 movie The Ice Storm (which I remember being rather depressing) depicts a 1970s 'key party'. A key party, in case you missed this piece of 70s pop culture, was a way for suburban couples to engage in sexual experimentation, particularly swinging.

The key party was a social practice that allowed suburban couples in the 1970s to explore sexual experimentation and swinging. It involved couples gathering together, where the men would randomly select a key from a bowl to determine their partner for the evening.

Oct 27, 2007 · There's an absolutely hilarious episode of That Seventies Show where Red & Kitty go to a key party. Neither of them, of course, knows what it is until they get there.

‘Swingers’ would throw their car keys into a pot in the middle of a swirly-pattern carpeted room, have a few Campari and sodas and then pick out a set of car keys at random from the pot. Men with helmet-hair would inevitably end up with their mate’s wife who they’d always hated, fail to get it up and end up shaving off that Zapata moustache.

Jun 11, 2016 · In 1970, two researchers specialising in the practices of Sexual Freedom movement expressed strong doubt that key parties were popular, describing it as a myth. Our data suggest a number of other false myths, but we cannot deal with them all.

Mar 8, 2025 · A key party in the 1970s was a social gathering where couples would swap partners for sexual activities. This practice reflected the changing social dynamics of the era,...

Jan 18, 2024 · In todays Lifestyle Lingo I discussed the origins of the infamous Swinger Key Party. Researchers believe they never actually happened during the swinging 70's, yet many movies have depicted these parties as a real thing that are rumored to still be going on today...