Cheating as Self-Care? For some Moms, it definitely helps.

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I recently had a couple in my psychotherapy office for a session. The wife told her husband, “Don’t worry, I’m not cheating on you. I’m a woman.” As if this was some automatic protection against infidelity. I had to correct her.

“Just because you’re a woman, does that mean you won’t cheat?” I asked. I wondered where she learned that gender role distinction, when…