vow to commit to each other "till' death do us part". Part of the commitment involves

being faithful sexually. In a society such as ours, where the divorce rate is extremely

high, infidelity plays a major role and may be of great concern to all those who are

presently married or those who are some day hoping to be. This research paper will focus

on the topic of infidelity in today's society. For the purpose of this research paper,

infidelity will be defined as the unfaithfulness of wedding vows. More specifically,

infidelity refers to one partner hiding the fact that he/she is not monogamous. The

questions being researched are the following: to whom does it occur; who exactly is

being unfaithful and why does it happen so often. Infidelity is an issue that has existed in

most, if not all societies, past and present.

The first conclusive study on the subject was that of a sex researcher Alfred

Kinsley who, in 1953, found that fifty percent of husbands and twenty six percent of

wives had cheated by the age of forty (Norment, 1998).Our society has alway

seduction and romance. Many women yearn for the romance they shared when they were dating.

obtain the emotion that is no longer present in his current relationship. Yet another explanation

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Approximate Pages = 7 (250 words per page double spaced)