Official websites use. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites. One area that has witnessed growing popularity has been sex clubs that market themselves as places that enable heterosexual casual, anonymous sexual encounters. In response, this article defines what sex clubs are, their geographical locations, and their facilities.
Alongside this, through the data scraping of profiles of people who have visited clubs and left online reviews of the clubs that they have visited, this research provides the most extensive dataset available on the gender, age, relationship status and sexual preferences of sex club patrons.
The findings from the study suggest that sex clubs are an emerging space for leisure sex that prioritises erotic practices that stand outside heteronormative norms and values. Whilst clubs have been traditionally associated with swinger communities, the findings in this article also suggest that sex clubs appeal to people with diverse sexual preferences.
Alongside this, it highlights the potential ways in which sex clubs may be part of a broader spatialization of leisure sex. The article concludes by suggesting that in a post-Covid context, sex clubs will have increasing importance as places of leisure sex.
Across the UK, there are over forty-one sex clubs that provide opportunities for men and women to experience a range of sexual pleasures. Furthermore, these are not clubs where sex workers are knowingly employed or working; they are venues that men and women spend their leisure time visiting and often engaging in frequently anonymous sexual encounters.
