On AlterNet: adultery

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "adultery"

How I Came to Terms With My Boyfriend's Infidelity -- and My Own

Katie Crouch, Salon. January 11, 2012.

Bestselling novelist Katie Crouch tells her own story of monogamy and adultery.

Do Allegations of 13-Year Adulterous Affair Spell Doom for Herman Cain?

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. November 28, 2011.

Sexual harassment may be ethically worse than adultery, but for evangelical voters, Herman Cain's alleged affair may be the greater sin.

Sex With a Stripper Before Your Wedding? How Men Sometimes Cheat Just to Impress Other Men

Hugo Schwyzer, The Good Men Project. July 10, 2011.

At times, the sexual behavior of even the straightest of guys is driven by the need for other men’s approval. There’s a name for this behavior: homosociality.

Why Do People Have Affairs?

Blixa Scott, The Good Men Project. March 14, 2011.

Cheating involves some mixture of emotions, ranging from bare appreciation of beauty or desire for validation to deep longing. The Greeks had a word for this: Eros.

Enough of the Tiger Sex Obsession: When Will We Care About Things That Truly Matter?

Harriet Fraad, Tikkun. February 24, 2010.

It is tragic that we, as a nation are reduced to holding our leaders to sexual standards while giving up on holding them to their promises for social justice.

What If You Can't Stop Having Sex, Even If You Really, Really Want To?

Anna Clark, RH Reality Check. February 20, 2010.

$150,000 on phone sex? 14 hours looking at porn without eating or drinking? Sex addiction is easy to mock, but the compulsive behaviors associated with it truly hurt sufferers.

What Happened When I Had Sex With Married Women I Met on a Website for Cheaters

Jack Harrison, Nerve.com. September 18, 2009.

"Life is short. Have an affair" is the motto of AshleyMadison.com. They have a point, don't they?

Relax: Adultery Is Not That Big of a Deal

Samara O'Shea, Huffington Post. July 10, 2009.

I'm not justifying infidelity. But it certainly isn't going to shake the nation's moral foundation or destroy the institution of marriage.

For Many, Marriage Is Sexless, Boring and Oppressive: Time to Rethink the Institution?

Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check. July 1, 2009.

Marriage is failing many, many people. Why do we still idealize it?

When Good Marriages Go Bland

Stephen Ducat, Huffington Post. April 8, 2009.

Often, "boredom" in marriage is just a symptom of anxiety over the potential loss of a partner.

How the Economy Is Affecting Your Sex Life

Vanessa Richmond, The Tyee. October 30, 2008.

Softening up, going down, losing firmness -- it seems sex and the economy have more in common than language.

Sean Hannity Nailed on Edwards/McCain Adultery Double Standard

DJK, Brave New Films. August 14, 2008.

Alan Colmes delivers a rare smackdown.

Eliot Spitzer Linked to Yet Another Upscale Prostitution Ring

Adam Howard, AlterNet. March 27, 2008.

Wicked Models promised clients Ivy-league educated women and employed dozens of prostitutes.

Vitter Claims There's 'Enormous Difference' Between His Case and Spitzer's, Really?

Howie Klein, Down With Tyranny!. March 17, 2008.

Spitzer was tarred, feathered, driven out of office, and now nearly forgotten. Yet Louisiana's, Senatorial Pimp, David Vitter, is still in office

Dr. Laura Blames Elliot Spitzer's Wife for His Passion for Prostitutes

Jon Ponder, Pensito Review. March 17, 2008.

Laura Schlessinger shows us again what a PhD in physiology will teach you about about what makes people tick.

Politicians' Wives Need to Stop the "Stand By Your Man" Routine

Amanda Marcotte, Pandagon. March 12, 2008.

I’m not suggesting that the cheated-upon wives should leave their husbands—but this politically calculated cliché needs to be abandoned.

Why Hasn't David Vitter Resigned?

Adam Howard, AlterNet. March 12, 2008.

And what about Larry Craig, Dick Morris, John McCain and for the matter, George Bush and Dick Cheney?

McCain Beds Down with Rod "Imprison Adulterers" Parsley

Pam Spaulding, Pam's House Blend. February 29, 2008.

The fringe "Patriot Pastors" movement was joined at the hip with John McCain this week.

McCain's Lobbying Scandal Defense Falls Apart a Little More

Steve Benen, The Carpetbagger Report. February 23, 2008.

I think it's safe to say this is going to get worse for the presumptive Republican presidential nominee.

Conservatives Have Decided Adultery No Longer Matters

Steve Benen, The Carpetbagger Report. February 22, 2008.

To borrow a '90s-era phrase, where's the outrage?

Why McCain Owes The New York Times a Thank You Card

Marc Cooper, Huffington Post. February 22, 2008.

The Times, in fact, couldn't have found a moment more favorable for Johnny Mack to let this fearsome cat out of the bag.

Stray Cock Express: McCain Is Frequently in Bed with Lobbyists

Jane Hamsher, Firedoglake. February 21, 2008.

It's John Weaver's word versus McCain's word at this point.

Timing and Sourcing Suggest the GOP, Not Dems, Behind McCain "Smear Campaign"

Jon Ponder, Pensito Review. February 21, 2008.

The fact that Romney’s mitts could have been all over this might also explain McCain’s palpable antipathy toward him.

McCain and His Lobbyist Lover: The Final Straw for the GOP Base? [VIDEO]

Pam Spaulding, Pam's House Blend. February 21, 2008.

Romney campaign supporter Bay Buchanan froths at the mouth over the New York Times revelation that McCain was romantically involved with a lobbyist.

McCain Scandal: It's Not the Sex, It's the Corruption

Jane Hamsher, Firedoglake. February 21, 2008.

Bob Bennett is running around trying to spike this story but so far it's just been too good to pass up.