10/16/2012 Topic 9 Extramarital behavior Married people having sex outside of marriage bond. Kinsey found that 7000 men committed adultery. Adultery is one of the earliest sex crimes Initially a female crime. It was an offense by a women to her husband. Could be punished by death because wives were property. The only other sex crime in Hammurabi’s code was rape. If the girl was young. The crime was done against her father, husband, or brothers. 4 kinds of extramarital behavior Covert adultery : spouse keeps it a secret from wife or husband. Consequence of discovery involved frequently divorce. And the aggrieved party usually benefits from the financial settlement Women would be discouraged to have divorce because she would lose financial support for herself and children. If the wife was the adulteress, then divorce was very common. The social consequences for a male were much more severe than female because he would lose standing in his social position with his fellow men Consensual Adultery : (2 Types)a. The spouses agree they will not make a big deal out of the behaviorb. The spouse wants to know everything of the spouses extra marital sexc. Extended marriage/ trollism Adding an additional person to the marital bed. Another male or female. Adding female is good for everyone, but when another male is added, there is no contact between males.- Plural Marriage : 2 or more couples sharing a household and sharing sexual behavior. Popular in young couples that formed communes. <<fad didn’t last long and rare today. There was a fad of swinging (couple swapping) would swap partners. Social class. Would have a party, lights off, and wife would throw their keeps in the middle and men will fight for keys. You get whoevers keys u take home. Sex club Outbreak of herpes and aids. >>swinging slowly stopped after this. Swinging: middle upper class, whites who live in suburban areas. California Style: A lot of the behavior takes place outdoors. IF kids show up, they are invited to take part. Midwestern Style: conservative form where no one in the outside community can find out. One characteristic of swinging party is female to female contact which serves heterosexual purpose because it shortens their refraction periods. Straight males would be turned on the most by observing female female contact Extramarital behavior: disconnect in the society.-There is a difference between public and private opinion. o Public: o Private: - All of this segways to studies between age and sex.- Someone decided to study the students views of their parents sexuality. Used kinseys figures for baseline. Children are raised to beleive that their parents are sexless. More sex occurs in marriage than any other time and place.It’s the things that interfere that cut down the frequency of sex: WORKReward system in society is valued at how you earn your living. No one cares if ur good lover, good at sex..etc. Holidays and vacations are treasured and those who have them are uaully happier. When u don’t have vacation, it detracts from sex life. Sex is becoming electronic. You cant get STD’s masterbating to online porn. Telephone sex: main target is computer geeks. Found that these people were ones who grew up playing video gamesSociety is changing to one where we can function everything with
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