If we actually cared about infidelity, we’d give it some real thought. We’d question why it’s so common. We’d look to other attitudes, attitudes we neither share nor understand. We’d allow for a more nuanced discussion, perhaps find solutions or new ways to think about intimacy and fidelity. If there’s anything I’ve learned as a prostitute, it’s that our attitudes toward marriage are simplistic, even naive, and that simplistic thinking is encouraged and exploited by the gossip media. But then, I’m not convinced it’s the cheating that matters to us so much as the power of judging and condemning strangers. That’s what keeps the gossip rags going - they feed the public with a steady stream of fallen heroes, the powerful at their weakest, the beautiful at their ugliest, the famous at their most damaged. It makes us feel superior when we’re feeling otherwise insecure. Gossip culture has surpassed religion as the ultimate opiate.
Source: peterwknox
