CNN Presents Season 1 Episode 7 Infidelity
- December 20, 2003
Is it okay to cheat? Surveys show a rise in infidelity -- and the taboos against it seem to be fading away. An exploration on the front lines of society's shifting sexual mores. "Infidelity" explores the monogamy myth. Is fidelity realistic, even relevant? We pay it lip service yet our culture undermines it at every turn. We condemn affairs but relish gossip about them; we deplore adulterers but devour movies about infidelity, often rooting for the cheater. Experts say the current generation of middle-aged marrieds is twice as likely to have cheated as the generation before them. Are we in denial?