(OPINION) The New York City hookup scene has exploded with a bang — or, should we say, several. New Yorkers across the five boroughs are prepping for a kinkier, more debauched do-over of last year’s hot-vax summer.
As pandemic restrictions loosen up, even more, the city that never sleeps is getting in bed with just about everyone. “I wanna go to sex parties, I wanna have threesomes, I wanna do all that,” 22-year-old Queens native Kiarra Souffront told The Post, mentioning she recently got into her first-ever polyamorous relationship.
After the last two treacherous years, what better way to blow off steam than by getting laid said Oscar De La Cruz. “We need tender, loving care,” the 49-year-old HR manager told The Post over a drink at the 13th Step in the East Village. “Mother Nature has been beating us up,” he continued. “We’re getting sunshine now, and guess what happens when you get sunshine? You get horny and things happen.”
This en masse, pheromonic phenomenon is on full-frontal display at Madame X, billed as “the sexiest bar in New York City.” The Houston Street watering hole — which offers risqué private rooms and erotic games — has seen an “exponential” increase in kinky parties booked in recent months, according to owner Amy McCloskey. “Not just that, but we’ve also seen a much younger crowd coming in than before COVID,” she added. READ MORE
