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Risky sexual behavior is the description of the activity that will increase the probability that a person engaging in sexual activity with another person infected with a sexually transmitted infection will be infected, [1] [2] [3] become unintentionally pregnant, or make a partner pregnant.
From an evolutionary point of view, sexual suggestiveness evolved in order to aid in securing a sexual partner or mate. Once the individual has decided on a mate to pursue, sexual suggestiveness helps in attracting the mate - this is a skill which has been sexually selected (sexual selection) for during evolution.
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.
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.
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.
Slut-shaming is the practice of criticizing people who violate expectations of behavior and appearance regarding issues related to sexuality. [1] [2] [3] It may also be used in reference to gay men, who may face disapproval for promiscuous sexual behaviors. [1] [4] Gender-based violence primarily affecting women can be a result of slut-shaming. [5]
Thesaurus Linguae Latinae. A modern english thesaurus. A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms ...