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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: Infidelity is difficult to define, but most cases of cheating share common features.
Chapter 3: Infidelity is painful because it undermines the identities of both the cheater and the betrayed partner.
Chapter 4: Jealousy is frowned upon in Western culture, yet it can also be an essential part of love.
Chapter 5: Deciding whether to confess or conceal an affair is often a difficult moral choice.
Chapter 6: Even happy relationships can involve affairs, which can sometimes be a way to try out other selves.
Chapter 7: For some people, love and sexual desire do not naturally go together, and this pattern usually starts in childhood.
Chapter 8: Infidelity can appear to be the worst betrayal, yet other forms of treachery can be much more damaging.
Chapter 9: Consensual non-monogamy can suit some couples, but it can’t guarantee protection from betrayal.
Description
The State of Affairs (2017) tackles the tough subject of infidelity. Cheating is widely condemned as immoral, and yet, at some point or another, many people do it anyway. This book offers a fresh look at infidelity and asks a difficult question: Is it such a bad thing after all?
Who Should Listen
- Faithful lovers
- Unfaithful lovers
- Mistresses and manstresses