Ashley Madison: The Cheating Files
A relatively new rabble-rouser has come to town, and it goes by the name Ashley Madison. For those of you who haven’t already heard of this website on Dr. Phil, The View, Good Morning America, Larry King, Ellen, etc., Ashley Madison is a dating site for married people who are looking to have a sexual affair. Because the database includes over 4.5 million members, it’s obviously brought to light many questions that people have about the reality of fidelity in American relationships.
The first thing I noticed is that the homepage features an image of a young blond woman unbuttoning the pants of a man with six-pack abs. I doubt that either of these people would actually go on a website to find sex. But actually, the fictional dream world depicted in this image embodies the fantasy of cheating quite well. Anyone who’s been on either end of the cheating process knows it is never just about sex and it tends to create more problems than it cures.
Ashley Madison is not selling you happiness, they’re selling you unhappiness.
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Don't you think that just like anything, people should have a certain autonomy? I can't imagine the amount of advertising it takes for a person to change their brand of toothpaste, you really think that a commercial or a banner ad will cause a person to cheat? I think that's monumentaly naive.