Is viewing pornography the equivalent of cheating?

waiting on Brian.

Go for it!

Looks fine to me.

I believe that it is. Final sign off ?

@Marinaz:  I think the "in a relationship" is implied, as Geoff said.  Is this ready to go? 

Great issue. I love it.

Jesus Christ thinks it's adultery:

You have heard that it was said to those of old, 'You shall not commit adultery.' But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

* Exodus 20:14, Seventh Commandment
* Matthew 5:27-30 (NKJV)
 

you've piqued my interest. It'd be great to see how each gender lines up on this issue.

Marinaz, I don't think the added verbiage you suggested is necessary.

As long as there are people who would say "yes," then it's an issue.

(Does anyone think we should add "in a relationship" or "on a partner"?)

Strangely almost every woman I've discussed this with says yes. Yet another topic discussed in my Relationship psych class.

I can't see too many people who would say 'yes', but maybe I'm wrong.

I like the revisions! It is much more concise, and encompasses more than I had originally swimming in my head...

Yeah, what JZipp said.  It's an issue of perception rather than legality in the context of a relationship. 

We're not asking about the legality of cheating in a relationship... I just think we need to open it more to encompass things other than just marriage... some people feel that even in a steady relationship, the viewing of pornography is a cheating. I think there was recently an article in New York Magazine that included this exact issue... and people weighed-in on both sides.
This may not lead to much public figure evidence, but it's a good debate for site users.

What if it's within the construct of a common law marriage or long term relationship or civil whatnot?  One half of the offended party might still consider it cheating. 

went with JZipp's revision.

Mark, I added them. You need to be an editor on the site, which means that you'vebeen on the site for a while and understand the process through which issues and pieces of evidence are approved. See the right hand column of this page to review the criteria for a properly-worded issue.

I'm not that trustworthy of a person though, so it shouldn't be too hard to become an editor on the site.

ummm. Can anyone tell me how to makes changes to these?

Similar to JZipp:  Can viewing pornography be considered a form of cheating?

Interesting discussion topic... I'd just reword it to:

Is viewing pornography the equivalent of cheating?

Or something simple to that effect...

again no yes or no choices... TEE HEE

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