The Rise Of Promiscuity

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Introduction: Poison flowing around us, slowly eating away at relationships, tearing apart marriages. Promiscuity is rising in today’s society. It is hurting many marriages and relationships as the rise of cheating and partners increase. Huxley’s dystopia shows how the rise of promiscuity may affect society one day. As we are coming closer to this dystopia, promiscuity is hurting families, relationships and partners already a great deal in today’s society. Analysis Portion Huxley has shown the increase in promiscuity throughout the various practices of people in that society and the negative effects it holds. In the dystopia Huxley provides, promiscuity is necessary. Adults are supposed to sleep around. Even “poor little kids...” have to …show more content…

There has recently been an increase in casual sex and promiscuity throughout millennials. Although millennials have fewer partners, they are having more casual hookups. Today “a large generation gap in both attitudes toward premarital sex and number of sexual partners” is greatly affecting our society (Kaplan). Promiscuity is increasing and close relationships are fading. Many are worried the world of dating will soon disappear. This promiscuity “creates a sense that hooking up has replaced traditional dating as the primary means of developing and maintaining relationships among young people, especially college students” (“Is Casual Sex on The Rise in America”). People are not marrying until later in life. They spend much of their younger years single, but not alone. They jump around from person to person, such as in Huxley’s dystopia. Although, unlike Huxley’s dystopia, relationships still exist. Many eventually find their partner and become married later on in …show more content…

A few have been found as “innate intense sexual drive, combined with a low extrinsic motivation for social acceptance or "honor”.” ("What Motivates Sexual Promiscuity?"). This drive is a “daimonic” (“What Motivates Sexual Promiscuity?”). This daimonic is a power that takes over the whole person. It controls your mind and actions. Once this drive takes over, it leads people to act on promiscuous feelings. They then may lead to cheating on their partner, or moving around having multiple partners. This drive has recently increased in our society. Although not much has been found as to why, this increase in drive has led to an increase overall promiscuity within our

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