Though this hasn’t always been the case, many clubs today are very inclusive, welcoming members of all shapes, sizes, sexual preferences, and ethnicities. Some of the most popular, well-regarded sex clubs today, ironically, have strict dress codes that give their gatherings a more upscale feel - if their exorbitant membership dues didn’t provide that already. What feels pleasurable may not be all that different from the beginning of time, but the way we go about achieving it definitely is. Fast forwarding to 2019, the concept of public sex in a community space has gone through several reincarnations. The mad Roman Emperor from a couple millenia back was legendary for his dinner parties - which may have turned into orgies - where he sometimes reminded his guests, “Remember that I have the right to do anything to anybody,” including beheading them.

It’s likely that nobody knows for sure how long they’ve been around, but sex clubs have progressed since the likes of Caligula.