In my book, The New Monogamy, I say this is the first time in history that you can cheat on your partner lying in bed next to them. This article by Janet Steen in Salon “I’m Cheating On You Right Now.” proves the point.
Steen says, “There are more routes to flirtation and infidelity, and more ways to be secretive, than ever before. The most striking development may be the yawning gray area that has opened up involving remote infidelity, where online connections encourage emotional and erotic attachments even when two people have never actually met. It’s a terrain especially rife with projection and the possibility for manipulation.”
“If anything, the Internet offers volume — more warm bodies, more modes of communication, including Twitter direct messaging, Snapchat and Instagram, and more tools to entice and seduce. What started out a little over two decades ago as a means to convey information is now outfitted for blinding speed and deep layers of privacy.”
For more go to www.salon.com
For more on The New Monogamy, go to www.drtammynelson.com/books
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