This thread was inspired by the thread.
Punishment for adultery
Which got me wondering. Not about open, consensual affairs but infidelity in which one spouse is in the dark.
The majority of biblical texts on infidelity assume the woman as protagonist, very little is said about males cheating.
Statistically men cheat more than women :-
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It might sound ordinary for a woman to find out her husband’s cheating on her, but not if you’re the woman [cheating] and it’s your husband.
—Melissa Bank
If a man cheats on his wife his acquaintances most often consider it a misdemeanor. "He's a womaniser", "bit of a rogue really but that's one lucky guy" etc.
If a woman cheats on her husband she is a "home wrecker", "a real sl*t" and a "w*ore"
My view, consent is key, if you don't have consent from your partner to engage in an extramarital affair and one engages in that affair without your partner's knowledge, that's cheating.
My questions ;-
Why is it assumed in the bible that women will cheat and men won't?
Why is it more acceptable for males to cheat on their wives than vice versa?