“wife swapping” makes the women sound like some object to be traded
Well, of course. Back when this was supposedly going on I noticed that the only persons I ever heard jazzed up about the practice were married men. It was a heaven sent excuse to screw someone other than their wife and not have to feel guilty. I noticed that the same guys suddenly lost much of their enthusiasm when it was pointed out that their wives would be screwing some other guy as well. If this doesn’t make sense ask a Trumpkin; he’ll be able to explain.