Summary
Adultery has been hitting Page One every other day. New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer's dalliance with a prostitute is followed by the admission by his successor, Gov. David Paterson, of multiple affairs he claims were provoked by his wife's infidelity. This week Detroit's mayor was charged with using millions of city funds to buy off police officers who threatened to expose his affair with his chief of staff. Just how common is adultery? How often does it destroy marriage?
Most couples are faithful. A study by E.O. Laumann and others reports that 10 percent of both men and women have had an affair by their 10th anniversary. By the 30th anniversary, 30 percent of men and 20 percent of women confessed to adultery. It is not as common as Hollywood's "Desperate Housewives" suggests.See the full content of this document
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A Marriage Wrecker?
However, many affairs do not threaten a marriage because they are kept secret. In only 12 percent of marriages, do spouses learn their partner cheated on them, according to a 20-year study of 2,000 mar...
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