> Do more Americans (leaving aside the attitudes in
> other countries) agree
> with the idea that a husband can go elsewhere for
> sex if he isn't
> getting it from his wife than with the idea that a
> wife can do the same?
> (Or more broadly, if either spouse is dissatisfied
> for any reason,
> sexual or not, with her/his spouse?) This is the
> general question of how
> Americans view marital infidelity, a very
> interesting question. My
> impression is that until recently, anyway, it was
> becoming more and more
> accepted, by both men and women (traditionally, of
> course, it was
> tolerated more for men than women, in line with the
> general double
> standard in patriarchal societies). These days we
> are hearing more and
> more about the "sacredness of marriage," so things
> may be different. But
> I have a sneaking suspicion that even the folks that
> cry the loudest in
> public about this sacredness, in many cases, have a
> very different
> private opinion. I infer this from the general
> principle that religious
> folks who make a big noise about their piety usually
> turn out to be the
> biggest hypocrites. If I recall correctly, Jesus
> himself noticed this.
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