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Adultery : infidelity and the law / by Rhode, Deborah L.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-249) and index.Introduction -- Legal History -- The American Legal Landscape -- Sex in the Military -- Alternative Lifestyles -- Sex and Politics -- International Perspectives -- Conclusion.At a time when legal and social prohibitions on sexual relationships are declining. Americans are still nearly unanimous in their condemnation of adultery. Over 90 percent disapprove of cheating on a spouse. In her comprehensive account of the legal and social consequences of infidelity, Deborah Rhode explores why. She exposes the harms that criminalizing adultery inflicts, and she makes a compelling case for repealing adultery laws and prohibitions on polygamy. In the twenty-two states where adultery is technically illegal although widely practiced, it can lead to civil lawsuits, job termination, and loss of child custody. It is routinely used to threaten and tarnish public officials and undermine military careers. And running through the history of anti-adultery legislation is a double standard that has repeatedly punished women more severely than men. An "unwritten law" allowing a man to avoid conviction for killing his wife's lover remained common well into the twentieth century. Murder under these circumstances was considered an act of understandable passion. Adultery has been called the most creative of sins, and novelists and popular media have lavished attention on sexual infidelity. As a focus of serious study, however, adultery has received short shrift. Rhode combines a comprehensive account of the legal and social consequences of adultery with a forceful argument for halting the state's policing of fidelity. -- from dust jacket.
Subjects: Adultery; Adultery; Adultery;
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Anatomy of love : a natural history of mating, marriage, and why we stray / by Fisher, Helen E.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-426) and index.Updated to include the latest research on anthropology and internet-age relationships, a revised edition of a classic reference examines the brain's role in love and courtship while making recommendations for returning to traditional patterns of romance. By the author of Why We Love. --Publisher's description.Prologue : Here's to love -- Games people play : Courting -- Why him? why her? : The drive to love and who we choose -- Is monogamy natural? : Of human bonding ... and cheating -- Why adultery? : The nature of philandering -- Blueprint for divorce : The three- to four-year itch -- "When wild in woods the noble savage ran" : Life in the trees -- Out of Eden : On the origin of monogamy and desertion -- The tyranny of love : Evolution of attachment and love addictions -- Dressed to impress : Nature's lures for seduction -- Men and women are like two feet: they need each other to get ahead : Gender differences in mind -- Women, men, and power : The nature of sexual politics -- Almost human : Genesis of kinship and the teenager -- The first affluent society : "That short but imperious word, 'ought'" -- Fickle passion : Romance in yesteryears -- "Till death us do part" : Birth of sexual double standards -- Future sex : Slow love and forward to the past.
Subjects: Marriage.; Adultery.; Divorce.; Sex customs.;
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Lady Chatterley's lover / by Lawrence, D. H.(David Herbert),1885-1930.;
Constance Chatterley, married to an aristocrat and mine owner whose war wounds have left him paralyzed and impotent, has an affair with Mellors, a gamekeeper, becomes pregnant, and considers abandoning her husband. One of the seminal class novels of the twentieth century, Lady Chatterley's Lover was considered flagrantly pornographic when it was first published in 1928.
Subjects: Erotic fiction.; Married women; Gamekeepers; Adultery;
© 2001., Modern Library,
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Queen Isabella : treachery, adultery, and murder in medieval England / by Weir, Alison,1951-;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 447-466) and index.pt. 1. Isabella and Edward. The fair maiden -- The king is lovesick for his minion -- All that is prudent, amiable, and feminine -- His dearest companion -- The displeasure of the queen -- Then let her live abandoned and forlorn -- pt. 2. Isabella and Mortimer. Mortimer and Isabel do kiss when they conspire -- Welcome, in God's name, madam and your son -- Plots and stratagems -- Now, Mortimer, begins our tragedy -- pt. 3. Isabella. Our dearest mother."In this vibrant biography, acclaimed author Alison Weir reexamines the life of Isabella of England, one of history's most notorious and charismatic queens. Isabella arrived in London in 1308, the spirited twelve-year-old daughter of King Philip IV of France. Her marriage to the heir to England's throne was designed to heal old political wounds between the two coutnries, and in the years that followed she became an important figure, a determined and clever woman whose influence would come to last centuries. Many myths and legends have been woven around Isabella's story, but in this first full biography in more than 150 years, Alison Weir gives a groundbreaking new perspective"--Back cover.
Subjects: Isabella, Queen, consort of Edward II, King of England, 1292-1358.; Queens;
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The echo wife / by Gailey, Sarah,author.;
"'When they said all happy families are alike, I don't think this is what they meant...' Evelyn Caldwell's husband Nathan has been having an affair - with Evelyn Caldwell. Or, to be exact, with a genetically cloned replica. After a morning that begins with a confrontation and ends with Nathan's body bleeding out on the kitchen floor, the two Caldwell wives will have to think fast-before sharing everything includes sharing a jail cell. The Echo Wife is a non-stop thrill ride of lies, betrayal, and identity, perfect for fans of Big Little Lies and Killing Eve"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Science fiction.; Suspense fiction.; Human cloning; Husband and wife; Adultery; Murder;
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Anna Karenina / by Tolstoy, Leo,graf,1828-1910.; Maude, Louise,1855-1939,(Translator); Maude, Aylmer,1858-1938,(Translator);
Subjects: Married women; Adultery;
© 2012., Vintage Classics,
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The good widow : a novel / by Fenton, Liz.; Steinke, Lisa,author.;
Elementary school teacher Jacqueline Jacks Morales's marriage was far from perfect, but even in its ups and downs it was predictable. Familiar. Or at least she thought it was, until two police officers showed up at her door with devastating news. Her husband of eight years, the one who should have been on a business trip to Kansas, had suffered a fatal car accident in Hawaii. And he wasn't alone.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Detective and mystery fiction.; Thrillers (Fiction); Mystery fiction.; Suspense fiction.; Widows; Married people; Husbands; Traffic fatalities; Adultery;
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The guest cottage [sound recording] : a novel / by Thayer, Nancy,1943-; Metzger, Janet.;
Read by Janet Metzger.Wendy Anderson is 35, the mother of two children, and happily married-until she discovers her husband Zack has cheated on her. Confused, angry, and lost, she rents a house on Nantucket for two summer months. When she and her children arrive at Isle Stay, she discovers that Trevor Black, 30, recently widowed, and his son Dylan, 5, have also rented the house. Neither one is willing to give up their much-needed vacations, so Wendy and Trevor devise a plan to share the house for the summer.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Love stories.; Domestic fiction.; Adultery; Mother and child; Widowers; Vacations;
© 2015., Brilliance Audio,
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Murder in Grosse Pointe Park : privilege, adultery, and the killing of Jane Bashara / by Miller, Steve,1957-;
"Holy shit, you have the Mercedes" -- Growing up wealthy and healthy in Detroit -- "He came from an affluent family...a life of the party kind of guy" -- "This is a great guy, I personally vouch for him" -- "I am a true master, come to me" -- Bob and Rachel seek a "very special girl" -- "Without a doubt in my mind I know that he did not do it" -- "I made a mistake" -- Epicenter of Detroit wealth tarnished -- "I gotta get to Joe" -- "It is what it is" -- "I apologize to Mr. Gentz" -- Emails and conversations with Bashara: "This is a setup, clearly" -- "This is one of the most unusual cases I've ever had" -- Jane was the "golden goose" -- "You once said you were living the dream, now you're experiencing a nightmare"."Investigative reporter, and author of Nobody's Women, Steve Miller makes a thoroughly researched inquiry into a murder that rocked the privileged world of Grosse Pointe, Michigan,"--Amazon.com.
Subjects: True crime stories.; Bashara, Jane.; Bashara, Bob; Murder; Murder victims;
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Mercy / by Picoult, Jodi,1966-;
Police chief of a small Massachusetts town, Cameron McDonald makes the toughest arrest of his life when his own cousin Jamie comes to him and confesses outright that he has killed his terminally ill wife out of mercy.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Legal stories.; Domestic fiction.; Police chiefs; Married people; Euthanasia; Adultery; Cousins;
© c1996., Washington Square Press,
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