Practice of having casual sex frequently with different partners or being indiscriminate in the choice of sexual partners

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AIDS and God and you / Catholic AIDS Link.

A doctor goes off gallivanting with two young dancers. Colour process print after by J-A. Faivre, 1902.

Lipstick kiss marks scattered on a light background; representing promiscuity as a risk-factor for AIDS. Colour lithograph after V. Kozlík, 1989.

The history of human marriage / by Edward Westermarck.

Adam and Eve stand by the Tree of Knowledge and are told by the serpent to practise marital fidelity to avoid death from AIDS. Colour lithograph after S. Shakhunov and Zh. Éffelya, 1990.

A man and a woman drawn in the style of Picasso use a condom while making love, in order to protect themselves from AIDS. Colour lithograph after P. Picasso and S. Kuzn︠e︡tsov, 1989.

A harpy as a blond woman with wings made of syringes, representing prostitution and drugs as causes of death through AIDS. Colour lithograph after O. Dulatova, 1990.

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Lipstick kiss marks scattered on a light background; representing promiscuity as a risk-factor for AIDS. Colour lithograph after V. Kozlík, 1989.

The history of human marriage / by Edward Westermarck.

Adam and Eve stand by the Tree of Knowledge and are told by the serpent to practise marital fidelity to avoid death from AIDS. Colour lithograph after S. Shakhunov and Zh. Éffelya, 1990.

A man and a woman drawn in the style of Picasso use a condom while making love, in order to protect themselves from AIDS. Colour lithograph after P. Picasso and S. Kuzn︠e︡tsov, 1989.

A harpy as a blond woman with wings made of syringes, representing prostitution and drugs as causes of death through AIDS. Colour lithograph after O. Dulatova, 1990.