free love

[Phantomkin1]

Dear Teachers,

could you tell me does the expression (and concept) "free love" have a negative connotation in current English and / or general opinion (in UK and USA)?

[emsr2d2]

Dear Teachers,

could you tell me does the expression (and concept) "free love" have a negative connotation in current English and / or general opinion (in UK and USA)?

I don't think it has a negative connotation but that may be subjective. It referred to a time in the 1960s when many people became very free and easy with themselves and intimacy (ie sex!) Some people see it as a time of great sexual liberation when the world was a happier, more chilled-out place. Some people see it as a time of promiscuity and the start of a decline in moral standards.

[Tdol]

I think it depends on the morals and opinions of individuals- some will view it positively, others negatively, but as Gilnetter says, it's not something that is heard much nowadays.

[Phantomkin1]

thank you all indeed!

[Ouisch]

The term "free love" is very 1960s/70s.....the Politically Correct term today for folks who don't confine their physical love to one partner is "polyamorous."

[dajowe]

It definitely depends on who you're talking to. The United States is very divided politically and morally these days...