Loretta Devine

The fact that a person loves one particular person is what is important; the life lesson, whether you are homosexual or heterosexual, is that you not be promiscuous, and true to one person.

American Actress

Jennifer Lopez

People equate sexy with promiscuous. They think that because I'm shaped this way, I must be scandalous - like running around and bringing men into my hotel room. But it's just the opposite.

American Musician

Erik Larson

I started deliberately looking for characters, ideally outsiders and ideally Americans. So I just started reading widely, as I tell my students to do: read voraciously and promiscuously.

American Author

Steven Crowder

When people do marriage right, they don't complain so much, and so their voices are silenced by the rabble of promiscuous charlatans peddling their pathetic world view as 'progressive.

Canadian Actor

Lee Child

You know, women are as promiscuous as men and yet, of course, people are inhibited from having an affair or a relationship because the real-world consequences are a drag.

British Writer

Asma Jahangir

To set a trap for a handful of promiscuous individuals, the Zina law has laid a minefield for women in difficult circumstances.

Pakistani Activist

Jay London

I went out with a promiscuous impressionist - she did everybody.

American Comedian

Guillermo del Toro

I have a very promiscuous relationship with all my objects.

Mexican Director

Sherlyn Chopra

Farah Khan

Indian Director

The term can imply judgment and be seen as criticizing someone's sexual behavior.

Negative Connotation

Historically, 'promiscuous' has been used more to describe women than men, which can be unfair.

Gender Bias

Avoid using 'promiscuous' in professional settings as it can be inappropriate or offensive.

Not Professional

In non-sexual context, it describes a mix with little order or thought applied.

Metaphorical Use

This meaning is not common in everyday language and is more likely found in literary or formal texts.

Rare Usage

When learning biology, understand that 'promiscuous' describes mating without selective preferences.

Biology Specific

In biology, 'promiscuous' is descriptive, not an insult or judgment about behavior.

Not Insulting

Use this definition only when discussing biology or animal behavior.

Specific Context

 to say, listen, I'm saying our ancestors were promiscuous, but I'm not saying they were having sex with strangers. There were no strangers. Right? In a hunter-gatherer band, there are no strangers. You've known these people your entire life. So I'm saying, yes, there were overlapping sexual relationships,

Are we sexual omnivores?...

 was already struggling to support her nine children when her oldest daughter was picked up by local authorities. Andrea Garcia had been accused of skipping school and being sexually promiscuous, so the authorities responsible for juvenile delinquents committed her to a state hospital.

The movement that...

 Instead, the queen's new consort is guided directly to the royal chamber. He's not the first consort to the queen, and he probably won't be the last. Driver ant queens are, for ants, unusually promiscuous. He'll be one of many suitors she'll entertain during her lifetime.

Queen Ant Mating Season...

 And that's not because they're promiscuous, it's because there's no knowledge. And so we decided to look at the idea of sports, and create a youth sports center that doubled as an HIV/AIDS outreach center, and the coaches of the girls' team were also trained doctors.

Cameron Sinclair: A call...

 queen's new consort is guided directly to the royal chamber he's not the first consort to the queen and he probably won't be the last driver and queens are for ants unusually promiscuous he'll be one of many suitors she'll entertain during her lifetime

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Why is this Male Ant...

 Like I said, pollen carries the male sex cells. If you actually didn't realize that plants have sex, they have rampant, promiscuous and really quite interesting and curious sex. Really. A lot.

Jonathan Drori: Every...

 And what is provocative anyway, what is sexually suggestive? In some parts of the world, showing your ankles is promiscuous, is provocative. It's just like, no matter what a woman wears,

Online predators spread...

 since they have frequent, promiscuous and bisexual sex to manage conflict and solve social issues. Now, I'm not saying this is the solution to all of humanity's problems --

Isabel Behncke:...

 nearly identical cousin has adopted a more swinging lifestyle when the promiscuous cousins have sex there are

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Not Professional

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