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Message: <blockquote data-quote="S'mon" data-source="post: 1119402" data-attributes="member: 463">I haven't read them, but thanks.Re previous posts on alignment & promiscuity, I do tend to think that promiscuity is characterisable as chaotic behaviour in that it emphasises individual satisfaction (especially short-term satisfaction) and is often regarded as detrimental to the stability of the social order which is seen as being supported best through long-term relationships, preferably backed by a formal contract (eg marriage).  I can think of totalitarian and fictional societies where long term bonds (eg family bonds) are discouraged because eg they may detract from loyalty to the State (in a totalitarian society) or are otherwise regarded as 'unhealthy' (eg Brave New World).The society presented in STTNG seems to neither encourage nor discourage long-term bonding, although long-term bonding seems to be somewhat the exception rather than the rule (only a minority of characters are ever married), at least amongst the Starfleet caste.And I agree that Star Trek of course has little 'sexual content' (leaving aside Jeri Ryan's catsuits), I'm talking about the mating behaviour of the characters, the forming of short-term and (occasionally) long-term relationships, etc.</blockquote>