Monday, 23 February 2009

Adultery


Week 5 23rd February

Infidelity:

Tales of adultery.

Following the handouts from the lecture lesson, I have started to develop an open mind regarding adultery.

My first views about adultery were that who every committed adultery just wanted to have their cake and eat it.

After reading the handout about the people who were caught up in the situation, I found that it is not so straight forward.

There are many reasons as to why people have affairs. Neglect, feeling insecure, falling out of love, inappropriate partners, having nothing in common, growing apart, marrying for the wrong reasons reflects on reasons for people committing adultery.

Sometimes there are three people in the situation, and other times there are four where are two sets of couples involved. The other woman is sometimes looked upon as a man eater and a home wrecker, but at times the other woman have been a woman deceived.

Some affairs lasts for years where the husband still loves and cares for their wives but have grown apart. Most of them stay in the marriage for the sake of the children and go on living their lives as normal. Lies, deceit, and discretion are on the top of the agenda for the adulterer.

Immoral and unreasonable or imprudent are the categories of Being Bad when it comes to adultery.

Lust

Lust is often confused with love, although ironically it can be seen as the total opposite to love. When love is patience, lust is impatient. Love can be seen as an individual feeling, lust takes whatever is on offer. Love grows with knowledge and time, lust rushes and is impatient.

Balckburn, S. (2004) Lust.Oxford, Oxford University Press.

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