'Adultery can save your marriage': academic writes the new rules of marriage

An "unforgiving, puritan Anglo-Saxon" attitude to adultery is damaging married life in Britain, driving couples to divorce rather than strengthening the family, according to an outspoken academic.

Catherine Hakim, a British social scientist and bestselling author who was educated in France, argues that a "sour and rigid English view" of infidelity is condemning millions of people to live frustrated "celibate" lives with their spouses. In a book bound to provoke controversy, she likens faithful husbands and wives to "caged animals" and argues that they should be free to explore their "wild side" with lovers without the threat of divorce.

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Sex is no more a moral issue than eating a good meal.

Meeting a secret lover for a casual encounter should be as routine as dining out at a restaurant instead of eating at home, she claims.

British couples should take their cue from the French, who she claims are happier and have more stable home lives because of a permissive and "philosophical" approach to adultery.
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Husbands in Britain could also learn much from the "experienced libertines" across the Channel whom, she insists, are the "masters of seduction".

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'Adultery can save your marriage': academic writes the new rules of marriage

'Adultery can save your marriage': academic writes the new rules of marriage

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