promiscuity
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In Scorsese’s version, Bowden had been Cady’s defense attorney who, knowing Cady was guilty, had hidden evidence about the victim’s promiscuity to ensure a conviction and long sentence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
And in Venezuela, physicians say parents and governments also resist the vaccine due to cultural taboos and the false notion that girls will see it as a ticket to promiscuity.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 25, 2024
A cursory synopsis of Ira Sachs’s drama reveals the plot points that once haunted sanctimonious, homophobic novels and movies about gay life: promiscuity, addiction, lies, anomie — look at these poor people!
From New York Times ● Jun. 9, 2020
This same concern has been studied for the HPV vaccine, with the exact same finding: no increase in promiscuity postvaccination.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 5, 2020
To sum up, there is not the shadow of proof in support of the doctrine of primitive promiscuity, a doctrine which is based on purely hypothetical grounds.
From The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study by Auguste Forel
She held her little court in the crowd, upon the grass, playing her light over Jews and Gentiles, completely at ease in all promiscuities.
From Embarrassments by Henry James
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