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I think the word "promiscuous" will suit your purposes, Op.
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I think "promiscuous" has a negative connotation, too. How about "liberated"?
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It's only negative if you make it so. It is, afterall the word for persons who are, as you put it, "liberated."
Totally with Wakeup on this. Political correctness sux.
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It's only negative if you make it so. It is, afterall the word for persons who are, as you put it, "liberated."
It's also a word for someone that's freed from captivity, enslavement, or enemy occupation. In other words, it's a meaningless wishy washy word in this context that conveys next to nothing.
If I say "I love my girl, because she is so liberated!" does that convey anything other than I love her? Possibly it says also that she is not, in my opinion, in some way enslaved or imprisoned. Nothing there to describe her sexual proclivities.
If I say "I love my girl, because she is so promiscuous!" does that convey anything other than I love her? Yep. It says a whole lot, and not just about her either.
I resent and reject the dumbing down of the language in the interests of not offending others.
/endrant