Promiscuity refers to sexual behaviour of a man or woman who engages in sexual relations with multiple partners on a casual and/or regular basis. Most religions disapprove of and discourage sexual promiscuity, though some allow for promiscuous practices, such as religious prostitution in ancient Mesopotamia, Greece, and India. Human promiscuity What is considered socially acceptable sexual behaviour, and what behaviour is "promiscuous", varies much among different cultures. In some cultural contexts, a woman who copulates with a man or men other than her husband is considered promiscuous, while in another culture a married or unmarried man's extra- and pre-marital like behaviour may not be considered promiscuous. In some cultures, the term is applied to any man or woman who has more than one lover at a given time. In some industrialized societies, it is likely used only, and derogatorily, in describing women who have many se

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