In the Feb. issue of Elle: When a woman strays: Young women are now just as likely to cheat as their husbands. Is this a sign of female empowerment — or immorality? Two experts debate the causes and consequences of the new infidelity
It’s neither empowerment nor immorality. It’s just screwed up relationships, with both partners equally at fault, equally stuck, equally mistaken. And it generally ends badly: “The divorce rate for second marriages is about 60 percent, higher than for first marriages, but for those who marry their affair-partner, it’s worse: 75 percent.”