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The Adverse Effects Of Infidelity On Society:
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Cheating, infidelity, an affair: we know them by different names, but by each we associate the straying of one partner in a marriage into sexual relations outside the boundaries of marriage. It is painful and emotional: this is infidelity.
What are the effects of infidelity on society? Infidelity has a lot of adverse effects on society. Infidelity often ends up with a divorce. A research study revealed that the cause for 90% of first time divorces was infidelity. Is it not alarming? Will it not have an effect on society?
Many researchers have different results on infidelity. Some researchers say that only 20% of divorces are caused by infidelity. Others continue to live together with growing dissatisfaction with one another. Another study revealed that about 55% of infidelity divorces were caused by cheating by men. The percentage of women cheated on their men is 45%.
It’s in our best interest to find out the effects of infidelity on society and the nation as a whole. For certain, there can be no good to come from cheating and the Breaking up of families. The worst affects are on children, who suffer sometimes more than parents after a divorce.
If the couple decides to go for a divorce, the children are greatly affected psychologically. They develop a feeling of insecurity. They need both mother and father to live with them. Some couples hide infidelity from their children and continues to live together for the sake of their children.
Divorce means children get torn between two different households, meaning they are missing out on the love of one parent and causing negative emotions. Some children become violent, acting out after the emotional devastation of a divorce. And if there are new step-parents, a child’s life becomes full of turmoil.
The children think both the parents neglect them. Therefore, they seek love elsewhere. Young girls often fall in love with people who are not worthy and get into more problems. Some children become drug addicts when they are short of parental love. In certain cases, divorce affects the education of the children and subsequently their future.
A marital affair is shakes the marital foundations of the family. Therefore, the effects of infidelity on society are indeed very bad. Infidelity causes separation of family members. It affects the physical and mental growth of the children. It may create a criminal in society. It may create a drug addict in society. It may create poor and weaker citizens to the country. In other words, increase of infidelity can damage the society and the country in the long run.
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May 7th, 2008 at 8:46 pm
To start, I’ll say I agree with you completely. A marriage is a bond and a promise that is too sacred to ever be broken.
That said, although I appreciate you linking to my “I can’t even by faithful to infidelity” blog entry, it might not be what your audience is looking for. I was talking about cheating on a sock.
May 8th, 2008 at 1:23 pm
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