Infidelity In Jewish Culture

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It is important however, to acknowledge that not all-sexual activity in marriage could be classified as safe or without negative consequences even though perhaps a majority of marriages provide this sexual haven. Researchers studied the infidelity practices of self-identified sexual monogamous heterosexual couples. Of the 506 men and 412 women that participated, 23.2% of men and 19.2 % of women reported sexual infidelity in their current marriage (Mark, Janssen, & Milhausen, 2011). So although marriage provides beneficial sexual boundaries, there is also the possibility of infidelity, which increases the risk of sexually transmitted diseases, paternity uncertainty, and a higher risk for divorce because of the infidelity.
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He explained that although marriage in America was traditionally defined as a relationship between one man and one women, non-Western based practices have included societies that have benefited well from alternative relationship arrangements. For example, some religious cultural groups such as the Jewish Israelites and subgroups of Islam have practiced polygamy (Kurt, 2013). In Jewish culture, polygamy, or plural marriage, was an alternative for men whose wives were barren (Goldfeder, 2014). Additionally, polygamy was employed for political reasons; when kings desired peace between their own communities and surrounding communities, they themselves married or had their kin intermarry with other communities to build alliances, or prevent war (Goldfeder, 2014). Khasawneh et. al (2011) found general positive benefits for the polygamist families including being a solution for woman who remained single beyond marrying age, financial stability, and education for their children from previous marriages. However, some research shows that in comparison with monogamous marriages, polygamous wives experience a significant higher rating of psychological distress, increase level of over all fear, and psychological dilemma (Khasawneh et. al, 2011). Women of polygamous marriages had much more problems in family business, marital contacts, and life happiness as well (Al-Krenawi …show more content…
The people of the Na culture, for example, located in southwest China, practice serial short-term monogamy (Monsoma, 2014). This alternative relationship arrangement endures long enough to procreate, and then males, or brothers, move on to other partners to begin the procreating process again, while the women, or sisters, raise the children (Monsoma, 2014). There is limited research regarding other cultures that currently practice this alternative relationships