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Promiscuity See also Profligacy. Anatol constantly flits from one girl to another. [Aust. Drama: Schnitzler Anatol in Benét, 33] promiscuous goddess of sensual love. [Gk. Myth.: Parrinder, 24] forever falling in love with young men. [Am. Lit.: The Sun Also Rises] scantily dressed, sex-loving, blonde astronaut. [Comics: Horn, 96] “a woman of Paris.” [Fr. Lit.: Camille] gave herself freely to every man she met; her illegitimate daughter became equally promiscuous. [Am. Lit.: Faulkner The Sound and the Fury in Magill I, 917] traveling husband not enough to fulfill desires. [Am. Lit.: A Lost Lady] fairy who makes love with, then abandons, women. [Br. Folklore: Briggs, 183–184] Hosea’s wanton wife. [O.T.: Hosea 1:1–3] Theresa Dunn haunts singles bars in a compulsive quest for the ideal lover. [Am. Lit.: Weiss, 267] wife of Emperor Claudius of Rome. [Rom. Hist.: Brewer Handbook, 701] though a wanton, Philip loved her above all else. [Br. Lit.: Of Human Bondage; Magill I, 670–672] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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A mating tactic is a specific act or behavior that promotes mating in some way, such as engaging in extra-pair mating, signaling sexual or romantic interest, promoting one's physical attributes, or devaluing competition. Also, women's preferences for hypothesized good-genes indicators, including both symmetry and masculinity, are elevated during the highest fertility phase of a woman's cycle--the time at which the genetic benefits of extra-pair mating are maximized (Gangestad & Thornhill, 1998; Johnston et al. Women's sexual strategies: The hidden dimension of extra-pair mating. |
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