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Vanity, revenge, loneliness, boredom, all apply: lust is one of the least of the reasons for promiscuity.

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Mignon McLaughlin
Age: 70 †
Born: 1913
Born: June 6
Died: 1983
Died: December 20
Journalist
Writer
the United States of America
Revenge
Vanity
Loneliness
Reasons
Promiscuity
Sex
Apply
Least
Boredom
Reason
Lust
Witty

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