THE LANGUAGE OF MARITAL INFIDELITY: SOAP OPERAS IN CONTEXT GLORIA P. GEMPES Researcher INTRODUCTION Marital fidelity is one of the most important symbols of commitment in a marriage. Yet it is increasingly under attack from new pressures‚ and few of us understand why people have affairs or how best to recover from them. Therapists approximately counted three-quarters of men and one-quarter of the women they see individually in their consulting
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When I was first informed of this assignment‚ I thought it would be an easy paper to write. The more I thought about the subject the harder it seemed to be. I was going to approach this from the angle of me exactly as I am as a male‚ but this produced problems‚ the problem being the double standard as a female I would be labeled a whore. I decided to try and approach these switching places with my sister and see life from her point of view‚ but this had its own set of problems‚ mainly that my sister
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In Act IV‚ scene III of Shakespeare’s Othello‚ Emilia explains reasons for unfaithfulness. Emilia conveys her ideology about infidelity to Desdemona‚ a character that has not yet been exposed to the idea‚ through the use of rhetorical strategies such as appeals‚ imagery and diction to further reinforce her point that infidelity is caused by the husband. There is a plethora of appeals in Emilia’s monologue‚ many of which involve Emilia’s personal encounters with the idea of unfaithfulness. In Act
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Sexual Morality: Extra Marital Sex Sexual morality‚ also known as sexual ethics‚ deals with all things related to human sexual behavior. Any aspect of ethics that may bring issues of sexuality to the forefront also fall under sexual morality. These issues may include but are not limited to sexual relations before marriage as well as during and also explore issues of premarital sex‚ non-marital sex‚ and marital fidelity. Diving deeper into the sexual morality issue known as marital fidelity‚ we discover
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In today’s society‚ infidelity is one of the leading causes of marital disruption and divorce. In accordance with societal norms many myths have been associated with infidelity. The following myths and their effects on marriage will be discussed: Everyone has affairs; the affair is the direct result of the faithful mate and‚ the marriage must end in divorce. In examining the various myths‚ this paper will challenge the greater issue‚ can marriage survive infidelity? There was a time when
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Hip Hop Music: Real vs. Mainstream Although people in the younger generation today‚ love to hear the sound of real hip-hop music; the people from the mainstream hip-hop age‚ think that there are no goals to the music that is being played into the ears of the young children. Real hip-hop music is the music that the younger generation praises these days. You know‚ the music with no meaning‚ morals nor sense. Mainstream hip-hop is the music that makes you cry hearing the story that the
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r Dr. Zhivago has many different themes‚ such as forbidden love‚ love triangles‚ and incest. But one other theme that is very evident in the film is infidelity‚ or more common know as cheating. Infidelity can be separated into three different types: emotional affair‚ sexual affair‚ and combined type (Fish). The first type‚ emotional affair‚ is described as when the partner spends the emotional resources like love‚ time and attention to another individual (Fish). This can be seen in Dr. Zhivago
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What is infidelity? Infidelity is when the spouse is being unfaithful or have sexual relations with another partner. In Act IV‚ it focuses on the theme of lack of communication. Instead of Othello talking to Cassio and Desdemona‚ he still listens to Iago’s “truths”. In the book of Othello by William Shakespeare‚ Othello still listens to Iago’s lies‚ loses his temper‚ and gets physical. In Act IV‚ it focuses on lack of communication. Instead of communicating‚ Othello still listens to Iago’s lies
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greater than that.” The diction “damnation” refers to the everlasting punishment that this act would have on Othello. The use of the diction “that” is vague and shows that there is nothing worse for Othello in the world than accusing Desdemona of infidelity. “That” is simple and understated; however very meaningful and significant. Othello suggests to Iago to “make heaven weep” and then “all earth
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Emotional and Sexual Infidelity Liberty University ABSTRACT There are many ways in which infidelity can be explained depending on what you are reading or with whom you are speaking. Emotional and sexual infidelity is the two most studied forms of infidelity. The cognitive approach to infidelity explains that as our cognition is developing‚ we are also indirectly learning behaviors that could contribute to infidelity as adults. Infidelity no matter what the circumstances are surrounding it
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