Is marital infidelity up or do we just talk about it more?

Darkfrog submitted, created time 2 months 1 week (www.nytimes.com)

Studies over the past few decades have shown married women closing "the infidelity gap." Female cheaters don't outnumber male ones just yet, but they're getting there. The question, though, is this: Are women cheating (proportionately) more than they did or are they just more willing to admit it on an anonymous survey? This study suggests the latter.

It also chronicles changes in the rate of marital infidelity, also called adultery in more archaic settings. Aside from more young married women cheating on their partners, the most striking result is that more older people are involved

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