Guilty Pleasure #35
As usual the media is in a frenzy over men cheating on their wives; they have plenty of choices on who to grill this week: Tiger Woods, Larry King, or
John Edwards. These bouts of lying have the potential to ruin careers because who can trust a politician who lies to his own family, but what about Tiger Woods who we only know because he is a successful golfer and Larry King who just talks a lot? Shows like “Cheaters” or “Jerry Springer Live” only serve to make cheating comical and often make those who have been cheated on seem oblivious. What is the reasoning behind cheating?
Often, some people try to say that it is a reflection of the biological urge to “spread the seed” and to increase probability of bearing a child and continuing your genetic legacy, but does this argument hold true? Here, we must also consider same-sex relationships in which union is clearly not resulting in childbirth, yet same-sex cheating
occurs in heterosexual relationships and homosexual relationships.
Others argue that cheating is a result of needing to reaffirm one’s masculinity or power. Maybe it’s the result of a person merely the exercising his/her right to sexual pleasure. Or maybe it’s a result of competition between parties involved to win the affections of that man or woman over their current
partner. We usually hear from the media about heterosexual men who have been caught enjoying relationships outside of their marriage, but what about everyone else? Is it purely a heterosexual male phenomenon? I think not.
Perhaps in the wake of all these exposures, marriage and monogamy slowly expose themselves as outdated. At least we can rest assured that those wives are getting a heck of a divorce settlement when their husbands stray.
Sex, Culture, Politics 