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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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The Establishment immediately disparaged her as a purveyor of psychobabble (quoting embarrassingly from Wolf's book Promiscuities, in which she proclaimed, "I want to explore the shadow slut who walks alongside us as we grow up, sometimes jeopardizing us and sometimes presenting us with a new sense of authentic identity"). Promiscuities is a valuable attempt to work out a "Yes" answer to this question, and it uses sexual narrative to build towards its policy prescription. |
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