Infidelity

Infidelity

Infidelity has been around since civilisation (that’s if cavemen are acquitted from infidelity) but consequences were harsh due to deeply embedded religious ideologies. Nowadays infidelity is somewhat popular; you only need to turn the TV on to see what I’m talking about – from day-time to films and theatre. Yet the issue is raised. Some people cheat because of genuine reasons for example if they had an arranged married they cheat because they feel like it’s the only way out. I think that the circumstance they find themselves in affects the extent of their social stigma. Although one can comprehend why someone would cheat on their partner i.e. if they unsatisfied marriage, unhappily married or whatever the reason, one may find it difficult to sympathise.

The signs of infidelity are common for example a wife noticing the her husband is coming late home from work and being possessive over his mobile phone etc, would probably raise questions in anyone’s mind. With ‘45-55% of married women and 50-60% of married men engaging in extramarital sex’ at least once during their relationship, it’s no wonder whose in relationships with good partners suffer from paranoia’s. We only need to watch day-time TV shows like the ‘Jeremy Kyle Show’ to see lovers demanding lie-detector tests on one another.

As for the new generation – they are doomed as TV has become central to leisure time in the home and soap being increasingly popular amongst children and adolescents. Psychologist Albert Bandura investigated children’s ‘learning behaviour’ and found that children tended to copy adult behaviour of aggression. I think that the same concept of ‘learning behaviour' can be applied to infidelity. Although, adolescents and even children may not understand infidelity, they are certainly viewing it and are aware of the term unconsciously if not consciously and so there may be a danger that they will think that this ‘bad’ behaviour is socially acceptable because of those who do get away with it and soaps which glorify infidelity ‘Eastenders’ (Stacey Slater and Max Brannings affair). Inevitably people follow examples whether these examples are categorised 'good' or 'bad'.

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