From number 8: Do you disagree with me? Well check. In most societies, adultery committed by the wife is illegal and severely punished, while infidelity is tolerated or lightly punished. Until the 19th century, it was possible in England to file a civil lawsuit against the offended spouse for "criminal conversations." Even the inhabitants of Trobrian Island, praised by Bronislaw Malinowski in 1927 as sexually liberated people, punished women who committed adultery with death. It is generally accepted that this double standard is a typical example of society's prejudice and nothing more. But the laws for other crimes are not like that. Women have never been punished more severely than men for theft or murder. The reason for this difference in the severity of the offense depending on whether she is cheating on the man or woman is exactly as I said in my comment above: The law does not punish adultery as such, but only the possible introduction of foreign children into the family and even the insecurity that infidelity brings this attitude. Infidelity on the part of the husband does not lead to such consequences. Angel Clare from Thomas Hardy's novel "Tess of the D'Uberville Family" confesses to his new wife Tess before his first wedding night that he sailed before marriage. Then, reassured, she tells him about her own seduction by Alec D'Uberville. She thinks their transgressions are equivalent. Here's a quote directly from the book and see what happens at the end: "- Forgive me as I forgive you, Angel! I forgive you. - You - yes, you forgive me. "Aren't you forgiving me?" "Oh, Tess, this can't be forgiveness." You were one, now you are another. My God, what forgiveness can there be for such tricks? Claire left her that night. "
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