I don't think so. I think it's a word used by men who are jealous by nature to guilt their women into not sleeping around (while of course we all want to sleep around ourselves). We all have egos that are bruised too easily, and none of us wants to see our object of desire desiring someone else. I'm very good at playing it cool, but that doesn't mean that I want to; I just happen to be a reasonable man. Unfortunately, despite how far women have advanced in the last century, men still are the de facto writers of the rules of society. Would I like to see a world where everyone is treated equally? Yes. Would I like to see a world where my wife (I don't have one; just speaking hypothetically) has multiple partners? Frankly, no. I'm just not that enlightened.These were some things that jumped out at me in an otherwise interesting article. Btw, the word "promiscuity" is also loaded with negative connotations. As I've said elsewhere on hubski "Promiscuous is a word often used by people who don't like sex to put down those that do."