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| Undressing Infidelity: Why More Wives are Unfaithful | 
 enlarge | Author: Diane Shader Smith
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 1057368
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Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 272
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.9
ASIN: B000EHTAZ0
Publication Date: February 9, 2005
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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.
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 What's sauce for the goose may be sauce for the gander, but both end up getting cooked October 30, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The subtitle may be "Why More Wives are Unfaithful", but don't be fooled -- this book offers no real insight whatsoever, just a parade of stupid, sad, sordid tales of selfish, oblivious women with no moral center. Turns out women cheat for exactly the same reasons men do -- they're a--holes. Forget about buying this book -- it was barely worth the effort to check it out of the library for free.
 Interesting vignettes September 15, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
In order to better understand the reasons women cheat in relationships, my husband and I read this book together. It was really interesting to get the different points of view in a non-judgmental format. Enjoyable and easy to read.
 interesting stories but no real analysis August 1, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I am not sure whether I am more disappointed by the lack of analysis into why the women cheat, especially the ones where they said they loved their husbands and felt their husbands were trying to meet their needs, or the fact the author is so flippant about her own affair. It is good that she eventually told her husband, but the only thing she seemed to truly felt any remorse for was that her sister called her right before she consumated the affair sexually. She already did the emotional affair, but even in her own story, though she expresses relief about not taking that final step, it does not seem that she would not do it in the future or truly understood why she did it in the first place. I would like to see a book where not only the juicy details were shared, but also some analysis into the psychological and emotional aspects, even if there is no moral judgment made. Especially in light of the fact that many of these women acknolwedge that the affairs hurt their relationships with everyone. It seems to me that it would be helpful to explore that aspect of fantasy world meeting reality in deeper way.
Fake stories or so laughingly bad written accounts. December 9, 2006
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
Her interviews with cheating wives were written in the authors own interpretations. (which she writes like bad Harlequin novels) For example: The 'Doctor' affair cannot be true, no Dr would invite a new patient with an emergency knife cut wound into an empty office after hours and then attempt to seduce the married patient with lines like "leave your blouse open we are casual here" or "one man's pain is another man's pleasure" with a leering grin, can you say Malpractice suit? The other stories are all just as bad/fake and there is never any conclusion to the question on the title why do wives cheat, what is the purpose of the book? This is just boring stories of desperate house-wife wannabees that may or may not have actually happened, not a self help or informal non-fiction.
A Must have ! July 22, 2006
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book is wonderfully written and it shows "non-traditional" ways inwhich women are having affairs. It also shows how family systems, overlooked patterns and lessions learned for ones mother has some bearing into these relationships. The book also reveals that just because the home looks good from the outside doesn't mean that it is a perfect picture! This book is a must have for understanding the psychological picture that is often left out in examining infidelity.
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