Defining Internet Infidelity
Infidelity is defined as “the action or state of being unfaithful to a spouse or other sexual partner”. Online, or internet infidelity, has been a growing trend in the past ten years with the popularity of social media sites.
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It includes activities such as cybersex and sexual chat to emotional involvements online, flirting, chatting, lying to the online contact, and activities which interfere with real-life relationships.
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Due to its partnership with social networking sites millennials may be inclined to commit internet infidelity more than older generations.
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Psychologists claim that the internet creates a "super highway" for individuals to step outside their relationship and that this super highway can create a false sense of security.
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23% of men and 15% of women in the United States have engaged in an extramarital affair.
If us millennials can think before we act, and avoid the temptations, we can make the world a more moral place where cheating is unacceptable even with "super highways" such as the internet.
"Infidelity is defined as “the action or state of being unfaithful to a spouse or other sexual partner”
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"23% of men and 15% of women in the United States have engaged in an extramarital affair"
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"Internet infidelity includes activities such as cybersex and sexual chat to emotional involvements online, flirting, chatting, lying to the online contact, and activities which interfere with real-life relationships"
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"the internet creates a "super highway" for individuals to step outside their relationship and that this super highway can create a false sense of security making people more adventurous about getting that 'rush'..."
Smith, Travis. "Understanding Infidelity: An Interview with Travis Smtih." The Family Journal 19.3 (2011): 333-339. 2017.
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Vossler, Andreas. "Internet Infidelity 10 Years On: A Critical Review of the Literature." The Family Journal 24.4 (2016): 359-366. 2017.
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Kruger, Daniel, Maryanne Fisher and Carey Fitzgerald. "Factors Unfluencing the Intended Likelihood of Exposing Sexual Infidelity." Archives of Sexual Behavior 44.6 (2014): 1697-1703. 2017.
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