Is anyone faithful anymore?
That's the question asked in this new book by American author Pamela Druckerman, "Lust in Translation: The Rules of Infidelity from Tokyo to Tennessee."
In it, Drukerman examines various attitudes toward cheating, including cultures who view infidelity not as the be all/end all of a relationship, but rather as an insignificant, meaningless fact of life.
In Japan, for example, men praise their wives to their girlfriends, allegedly making an affair a form of flattery rather than betrayal.
Right.
Anyway, the book also suggests infidelity's role as "bad" in the U.S. is driven largely by an industry -- like therapists and counselors -- that gets paid to uphold the idea that cheating destroys a marriage.
So...IS anyone faithful anymore? And more importantly, does your understanding/tolerance of indefidelity differ from, say, your mother's?
