Undressing Infidelity

Undressing Infidelity: Why More Wives are Unfaithful
by Diane Shader Smith, Publisher: Adam Media Corp. (February 9, 2005)

Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly

Sidestepping statistics and sociological analysis in favor of good old-fashioned steamy storytelling, this book offers an insider's perspective on the phenomena of cheating wives. Smith reveals her personal fascination with the subject of female adultery in the opening chapter-a flirtatious relationship with a handsome man she met on a business trip once caused her to risk her comfortable marriage by almost starting an affair. Her cautionary tale reads like the opening of a romance novel, engrossing the reader with the daring of her flirtatious encounters. After her near affair, Smith began interviewing other women who had actually cheated in an attempt to figure out why women stray. These 14 absorbing stories are told through the wives' unique voices. Jennifer, a soccer mom with a bad sex life but a loving husband, found that her affair with a doctor actually raised her self-worth and helped her marriage. Theresa, a teacher in her 40s from the Midwest, with a "prim demeanor" and strict parents who never broached the subject of sex, cheated on her abusive husband with a cowboy she met at a bar. Smith admits that every person she interviewed challenged her assumptions about the type of woman who could be unfaithful, but unfortunately, she does not seem to have reached any more substantial conclusions than that. The book offers insufficient insight into how to prevent a good marriage from going sour, but what it lacks in social significance, it makes up for in intrigue and romance. Readers will be entertained by these real-life accounts of cheating wives, even if the overarching question of why women cheat is ultimately left unanswered. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.Book

Description

Real women. Real Stories. Real Life.
Undressing Infidelity is a fascinating, steamy, and compelling book that takes you beyond the cold taboo statistics of divorce and infidelity, and into the everyday lives of married women who are having extramarital affairs.
Who are these women?
They are your neighbors, your friends, your coworkers. They go to your gym. They shop at your grocery store. They are the women you see every day who seem to have it all. So why are they cheating?
Statistics tell us that 65 percent of married women cheat-but what does that really mean? Diane Shader Smith has uncovered the truth behind the numbers by doing what no one has ever done before-listening to them. After resisting the temptation to have an affair herself, she sat down one-on-one with more than 150 women, all of whom shared the intimate secrets of their affairs.
In Undressing Infidelity, Shader Smith not only reveals the fascinating results of her research, she also provides an up-close-and-personal look at the most telling stories she encountered. She takes you deep inside the marriages and affairs of twelve fascinating women-from Midwestern moms to Manhattan execs-who chose to cheat. Told in their own words, these stories weave a surprising and compelling tapestry of love, sex, and changing loyalties in today's marriages.