Well, the preview refers to wise old Ben Franklin as “The womanizer,” which isn’t exactly a promising omen.
He did have a certain reputation in that regard...
I can see the skewing this too easily.
It’s not like it hasn’t happened before.
http://www.swarthmore.edu/SocSci/bdorsey1/41docs/51-fra.html
“Benjamin Franklin, Advice to a Young Man on the Choice of a Mistress (1745).”
Ben liked the ladies and had at least one openly acknowledged bastard son.
It was not unusual in those times.