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Promiscuous individuals may also be at a higher risk of developing prostate cancer, cervical cancer, and oral cancer as a result of having multiple sexual partners, and combined with other risky acts such as smoking, and substance use, promiscuity can also lead to heart disease.
Slut (archaic: slattern) is an English-language term for a person, usually a woman, who is sexually promiscuous or considered to have loose sexual morals. [1] [2] It is predominately used as an insult, sexual slur or offensive term of disparagement.
Promiscuous may refer to behavior that is indiscriminate. In a social context it usually refers to sexual behavior but it may also be used for any indiscriminate action: "Promiscuous" (song), a 2006 song by Nelly Furtado featuring Timbaland (also known as both "Promiscuous Girl" and/or "Promiscuous Boy")
Promiscuity tends to be frowned upon by many societies that expect most members to have committed, long-term relationships.Among women, as well as men, inclination for sex outside committed relationships is correlated with a high libido; [1] however, evolutionary biology, as well as social and cultural factors, have also been observed to influence sexual behavior and opinion.
Sexual addiction is a state characterized by compulsive participation or engagement in sexual activity, particularly sexual intercourse, despite negative consequences. [1] ...
A study by Bernard Hoose states that claims to a continuous teaching by the Church on matters of sexuality, life and death and crime and punishment are "simply not true". After examining seven medieval text about homosexuality, Mark Jordan argues that, "far from being consistent, any attempt to make a connection among the texts proved impossible".
Unrestrained and promiscuous sexuality; Immoderate indulgence of sexual desire; Lewd and lustful behavior; Lechery is not the same as lust. Lust is an interior psychological state, the thinking about sex, the desire for it. Lechery is an outward behavior, a physical manifestation or behavior pattern of an interior condition of lust.
In highly polygynous systems, and in promiscuous systems, paternal care of young is rare, or there may be no parental care at all. These descriptions are idealized, and the social partnerships are often easier to observe than the mating relationships. In particular: the relationships are rarely exclusive for all individuals in a species.