In Wendy Shalit’s narrative study, "Is Infidelity Natural? Ask the Apes "(2010), Shalit is giving her opinion on relationships, monogamy, infidelity, and whether or not men are wired to cheat. She goes into detail about the roles of a woman and the roles of a man, and how they are irrelevant when it comes to sexuality. I believe that she is reaching out to the people that are trying to make excuses for a men and their infidelity, those that believe they are wired to do so.
Considering that I am a young woman that has dealt with the
infidelity of a man I feel that I have to strongly agree. I feel she gave vivid
examples that supported her claims. I found it very interesting when she stated
the men cheat whether the other woman is making a little amount of money or making a lot of money. To me that one sentence proved that no matter what the
reason, men just cheat. Before this I felt that men were cheaters and that there
was no excuse for infidelity, and this passage just set my morals in stone.
The message that was
received through this text was men do not have an excuse when it comes to
infidelity, and that is a choice. For example in this essay Wendy Shalit stated
“Let’s face it- the new “science" of infidelity is just not very
scientific. It certainly provides a “out” to deny personal responsibility....” (118)
Shalit is basically stating that the “science” is not real science, and that it
is only fictional crap made up to give men an excuse to cheat, and not take
personal responsibility for their infidelity. This shows me to keep believing
in my beliefs and not to let men cheat.
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