Talk:Adultery
From Academic Kids
Adultery is generally defined as sexual intercourse between a married person and someone not married to them. Historically adultery has been subject to severe sanctions including the death penalty
This is far from clear: Illlllllllllllllllllllllllll--206.116.247.246 00:37, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)ntercourse between a married woman and a man not her husband is adultery, ok. But who is guilty of adultery? Only the woman? Or also the man? In other words: can an unmarried person commit adultery?
A Biblical example: If the wife of Potiphar had succeeded in seducing Joseph, would he then have committed adultery? (Gen.39)
- As the word is most often defined, only a married person can commit adultery: adultery is sexual intercourse between a married person and someone who is not their lawful spouse. In your example, the wife of Potiphar would have been guilty of adultery: Joseph would have been guilty of fornication. -- Someone else 08:48 Feb 9, 2003 (UTC)
Is there a reason this is a separate article from infidelity? I think that the two should be merged with a redirect. -Branddobbe 08:13, Jan 24, 2004 (UTC)
- I'm probably biased. In any event, adultery is but a subset of infidelity -- and that article now includes other meanings. ♥ «Charles A. L.» 18:28, Apr 22, 2004 (UTC)
cukold
This is a term I have never before heard. When a spouse cheats, he is most commonly termed a cheater or a cheat in my part of the U.S. ~~CiaraBeth
- As I understand it it actually means a woman who sleeps with someone outside her marriage in the hopes of getting pregnant with him, for his better genes, but leaving her husband to financially supporting him... whether these are the motives or not, the numbers of men unknowingly raising children who are not biologically theirs is staggering.
U.S. Military
"In the U.S. Military, adultery is a chargeable offense."
That sounds kind of interesting. Can someone elaborate on that? --Euniana 12:15, 24 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Adultery under Sharia
Would someone please reconstruct the section on adultery under Sharia in complete sentences, with grammar, punctuation and such? I have no idea what is intended here.
