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Lust in Translation: The Rules of Infidelity from Tokyo to Tennessee
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Lust in Translation: The Rules of Infidelity from Tokyo to Tennessee (2007) (edit title/settings)

by Pamela Druckerman (Author), MAP O' WORLD (Cover Artist), DUNCAN WALKER istockphoto.com (Photographer), Grant V Faint/ Getty Images (Illustrator) (edit contributors)

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An irreverent and hilarious journey around the world to examine how and why people cheat on their spouses; this global look at infidelity reveals that Americans are uniquely mixed up about being faithful. It's an adulterous world out there. Russian husbands and wives don't believe that... read more

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An irreverent and hilarious journey around the world to examine how and why people cheat on their spouses; this global look at infidelity reveals that Americans are uniquely mixed up about being faithful.

It's an adulterous world out there. Russian husbands and wives don't believe that... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

An irreverent and hilarious journey around the world to examine how and why people cheat on their spouses; this global look at infidelity reveals that Americans are uniquely mixed up about being faithful.

It's an adulterous world out there. Russian husbands and wives don't believe that beach-resort flings violate their marital vows. Japanese businessmen, armed with the aphorism "If you pay, it's not cheating," flock to sex clubs where the extramarital services on offer include "getting oral sex without showering first." South Africans may be the masters of creative accounting: Pollsters there had to create separate categories for men who cheat, and men who only cheat while drunk.

In America, however, there is never a free pass when it comes to infidelity. According to our national moral compass, cheating is abominable no matter what the circumstances. But do we actually behave differently than everyone else? Pamela Druckerman, a former foreign correspondent for The Wall Street Journal, decided to delve into this incredibly taboo topic. She interviews people all over the world, from retirees in South Florida to Muslim polygamists in Indonesia; from Hasidic Jews in Brooklyn to the men who keep their mistresses in a "concubine village" outside Hong Kong.

Druckerman talks to psychologists, sex researchers, marriage counselors, and most of all, cheaters and the people they've cheated on, and concludes that Americans are the least adept at having affairs, have the most trouble enjoying them, and suffer the most in their aftermath.

Lust in Translation is a voyeuristic, statistics-packed, sometimes shocking, often hysterical, worldwide glimpse into the endlessly intriguing world of extramarital sex. It may be politically incorrect to say so, but who knew infidelity could be this fascinating?

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  • “Sometimes it's hard to be a woman giving all your love to just one manYou'll have bad timesAnd he'll have good timesDoing things that you don't understand.”
    Tammy Wynette, (Stand By Your Man)

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This is a book about adultery. If you are American and you don't read on I'll understand why!

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1: WELCOME TO AMERICA.........................11
CHAPTER 2: LIES, DAMN LIES, AND ADULTERY.............37
CHAPTER 3: SEXUAL CULTURES...............................65
CHAPTER 4: THE MARRIAGE-INDUSTIAL COMPLEX........91
CHAPTER 5: DEATH OF THE "FIVE TO SEVEN".............111
CHAPTER 6: THE OBLIGATORY AFFAIR.....................145
CHAPTER 7: MYSTERY OF THE SINGLE FUTON............169
CHAPTER 8: WE MUST HAVE A SPARE ONE AT LEAST....197
CHAPTER 9: GOD IN THE BEDROOM........................223
CHAPTER10: A SEXUAL REVOLUTION.......................251

CONCLUSION: HOME SWEET HOME.........................271
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.........................................281
BIBLIOGRAPHY..................................................285

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Pamela Druckerman (Author)
  2. MAP O' WORLD (Cover Artist)
  3. DUNCAN WALKER istockphoto.com (Photographer)
  4. Grant V Faint/ Getty Images (Illustrator)

Other Contributors:

  1. Keenan (Designer)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: PENGUIN GROUP
Country: UNITED STATES
Publication Date: 2007
ISBN: 978-0-14-311329-4
Page Count: 305

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