My thesis is a contemporary realistic novel using alternating perspectives. Footwork explores the modern day-to-day struggles and temptations that face monogamous relationships. How do we negotiate truth within society and expectations that others have of us? What are the deals we make with ourselves and each other in order to live within society? Footwork examines how truth and pain interact. Does truth always have to come forward at the cost of pain? There are three books that represent the contemporary cannon where Footwork could be situated. Infidelity by Stacey May Fowles encompasses alternate perspectives and deals with an affair as the central theme. Love and the Mess We’re In by Stephen Marche focuses on two perspectives of an affair and much of the book uses dialogue with the characters’ inner thoughts also written. Roddy Doyle’s The Snapper concentrates on a dysfunctional family, infidelity and is primarily dialogue. All three novels explore realistic portrayals of truth and infidelity. Footwork goes further by examining the intricacies of how people deal with deception and also forces the reader to have an emotional reaction. One of the ways this emotional reaction is achieved is by Footwork primarily being written in dialogue form. The dialogue encourages the reader to become emotionally invested in the characters’ struggles. The novel does not employ flashbacks, but instead focuses on the immediacy of the characters’ lives to create a story authentic to contemporary relationships. Footwork also uses alternating perspectives as a device to make the reader question which character he/she should be fighting for or against. All the characters have motives for why and how they deceive. The reader understands one character’s perspective only to be challenged by another character’s perspective. All three main characters at the end of Footwork find and/or speak their truth despite the pain that is inflicted.

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / The general aim of this paper is to analyze how Adultery has been felt, researched and lived in the contemporaneity. To do so, 3 studies were held. The study number 1 identified how this behavior has been investigated across the country by the national scientific communities by the use of a integrative review of literature. It was clear this subject is poorly investigated nationally, scientific journals report mostly about causes, repercussions and phenomena related to questions of the infidelity in the contemporaneity. The study number 2 analyzed quantitatively how the adultery has been realized and felt in the modern relationships; an online sociodemographic survey, scales and inventories were applied. The study also reported about proximity and distance between genders through infidelity experiences from main social constructs related to sexual satisfaction of married people. Important subjects linked to the adultery were reported, mainly the ones related to conjugality, sexuality, beliefs and thoughts about infidelity, marriage and the modernity itself which creates the possibility of having sex easily. The study number 3 reported about subjects related to adultery and the involved partners in such situation, plus the way which the infidelity is seen and felt in their relationships. Six people were interviewed and from their narratives it is possible to verify that setting up causes and predictors is a very dangerous path, which can reduce the multiplicity of involved factors. Beyond that it is relevant to discuss the satisfaction in the social environment and the way that relationships are made nowadays in the contemporaneity and its multiplicity of information, stimuli and new ways of relationships through the internet. / O objetivo geral deste trabalho foi realizar uma análise sobre como a infidelidade conjugal tem sido percebida, pesquisada e vivenciada no contexto contemporâneo. Para isso foram realizados três estudos. O Estudo 1 identificou de que forma o fenômeno vem sendo investigado no cenário científico nacional a partir de uma revisão integrativa da literatura. Percebeu-se que a temática é pouco investigada, as publicações analisadas versam mais sobre causas, repercussões e fenômenos atrelados, principalmente as questões emergentes do cenário contemporâneo. O Estudo 2 analisou quantitativamente como a infidelidade conjugal tem sido percebida e vivenciada nas relações contemporâneas, de forma online, por meio de questionário sociodemográfico, escalas e um inventário. O debate analisou também as proximidades e distanciamentos na questão dos gêneros em relação à prática, através das experiências infiéis e dos principais construtos relacionados à satisfação sexual e conjugal dos participantes. Questões importantes ligadas ao fenômeno da infidelidade foram observadas, com destaque para as questões atreladas à conjugalidade, aspectos ligados à satisfação sexual e conjugal, crenças prévias e pensamentos sobre o fenômeno e suas práticas, além da própria modernidade, seus reflexos nos relacionamentos e a questão do sexo facilitado. O Estudo 3 considerou as questões dos aspectos vivenciais atrelados ao fenômeno, na forma como se dão as crenças sobre a infidelidade, bem como a percepção e a vivência de sujeitos que viveram a infidelidade em seus relacionamentos. Foram 6 entrevistados e a partir de seus relatos foi possível perceber que o estabelecimento de causas e preditores é um caminho muito perigoso, diminuto, que acaba por reduzir a multiplicidade de questões e fatores envolvidos. Além disso, alguns pontos apresentaram-se bastante relevantes na discussão, como é o caso da satisfação, do contexto social e da forma como se dão as relações hoje, o mundo contemporâneo em sua multiplicidade de informações, estímulos e novas formas de se relacionar mediadas muitas vezes pelo meio virtual, que devem ser consideradas. / São Cristóvão, SE

Between 1888 and 1896, William Morris wrote several medieval-inspired, proto-fantasy romances which have consistently threatened to fall into the doldrums of literary criticism. I am particularly interested, here, in the most complete of these compositions entitled The Story of the Glittering Plain, The Wood Beyond the World, The Well at the World’s End, The Water of the Wondrous Isles, and The Sundering Flood: texts which I call Morris’s late romances. Critics who have engaged with these texts have often taken on the difficult task of reconciling Morris’s growing political vehemence during the time of their composition and the ostensibly escapist stance these romances seem to purport. As such, critics have largely relied on Morris’s fidelity of the Middle Ages as a time that offered a more authentic, original, innocent, or natural mode of human experience, which Morris preferred over the industrial capitalism of his own Victorian period. Through various versions of this stance, critics have articulated that the late romances can offer socially progressive content through an outdated mode of literary production. While this dissertation maintains the significance of anti-escapist readings of these late romances, it also expresses the value of alternative readings of the critical appeal to authenticity. Using critical theories from Karl Marx, Walter Benjamin, and most especially Slavoj Žižek, this dissertation suggests that any recognition of authenticity is reliant upon its own corruption and that part of the communist value of William Morris’s late romances exists not in their exemplification of a (medieval) world unblighted by modern corruption but through their demonstration of the conceptual necessity to incorporate modern corruption into any possible vision of past authenticity. That is, the late romances show that past authenticity is a product of an intellectual frame produced by modern corruption; they therefore imply that, in a similar way, communism can only become recognizable as a result of capitalist exploitation. In this way, I hope to aid in resurrecting these beautiful and valuable texts so that they can play a role in the communist struggles of the future.

Over 1.5 million U.S. soldiers have deployed oversees since the beginning of the War on Terror in 2001; consequently, spouses are faced with new physical, emotional, and psychological challenges. Many researchers have documented the effects of deployment on marriages and families. However, few researchers have explored the correlates of trust, marital commitment, and marital satisfaction for wives during deployment. This quantitative study, grounded in risk and resilience theory and interdependence theory, used a web-based survey to investigate the relationship between perceived likelihood of spousal infidelity, trust, marital commitment, and marital satisfaction in a sample of 127 military wives whose husbands were deployed oversees. The 'Events with Others' questionnaire, Dyadic Trust Scale, Commitment Inventory Revised, Kansas Marital Satisfaction Scale, and Revised Dyadic Adjustment Scale were used. Results indicated that length of deployment did not have a statistically significant impact on marital satisfaction. Bivariate correlation analysis indicated statistically significant relationships among wives' perceived likelihood of spousal infidelity, trust, marital commitment, and marital satisfaction. After controlling for wives' attachment style, marital commitment and trust were significant explanatory variables of marital satisfaction. The findings from this study can inform establishing effective programs to support military marriages during deployment. Such programs will promote social change by improving satisfaction, decreasing relationship conflicts, and reducing the rate of divorce. The Armed Forces may benefit from the results of this study by addressing marital commitment and trust issues prior to deployment, thereby supporting wives, husbands, and children during deployment.

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Infidelity in romantic relationships is common and has been associated with relationship dissolution and strain on individuals. Most religions teach that infidelity is harmful, and some researchers have suggested that, in the aggregate, more religious people might be less likely to report infidelity. However, research has been mixed, with some studies finding that more religious people are less likely to report infidelity, other studies finding that more religious people are more likely to report infidelity, and other studies finding no relationship. To clarify seemingly contradictory findings, I conducted a meta-analysis of the infidelity-religiosity relationship with 38 studies and a total sample size of over 35,000. A random-effects analysis found a small, statistically significant, inverse relationship between religiosity and infidelity (r = -.07, 95% CI [-.12, -.03]). However, a large degree of heterogeneity (Q = 1878.75.52, p < 0.001; I2 = 96.86) existed in this analysis, suggesting that effect sizes varied greatly between studies. In planned grouped comparisons, the relationship between religiosity and physical infidelity was not significantly different from the relationship between religiosity and emotional infidelity. Attendance at religious services and other measures of religiosity had similar relationships with infidelity, and spirituality and religiosity were equally protective against infidelity. Meta-regressions found that sample characteristics, such as race and gender, did not have a statistically significant relationship with the religiosity-infidelity effect size (p > .05), while publication status predicted effect size (p < .05). Findings are discussed through the lens of cognitive dissonance theory and intrinsic religious theory.

Since the earliest days of the American republic, political sex scandals have been a part of the political discourse. Despite the passing of several hundred years, much discussion is still given to political sex scandals by the popular media. Little attention, however, is paid to research into the relationship among political sex scandals, the media reporting of sex scandals, and the ways in which politicians are able to use the media during admissions of sex scandals. This project analyzes the most common characteristics within three major newspapers reporting on five cases of gubernatorial admissions of extramarital affairs. The multiple case studies analysis observes 89 newspaper articles to secure data from the initial speculation of a gubernatorial extramarital affair to the admission of an extramarital affair and the period of time (up to one month) following the admission of an extramarital affair. / Master of Arts

Partners of sex addicts report symptoms similar to those of post-traumatic stress disorder in a mental health crisis known as betrayal trauma. Behaviors that constitute sexual addiction include viewing pornography, a behavior often claimed to affect no one but the user. This article presents an analysis of 1,191 qualitative responses to an item on the Trauma Inventory for Partners of Sex Addicts (TIPSA), with particular emphasis on respondents’ self-reported disruption to relationships outside of the marriage/romantic relationship (e.g., with their children, employers, friends) following discovery of betrayal. Phenomenological analysis was conducted on participants’ responses to determine if other relationships are/are not being significantly affected. Seven themes of disruption were found, including impairment to functioning, difficulty fulfilling roles, preoccupation, loss of identity, shame, getting stuck, and moving on. A discussion is included on the implications of these findings, including the implications for therapists who work with sex addicts and their partners and recommendations for policy changes.

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Det finns flertal forskningsstudier gällande emotionell och sexuell otrohet, förlåtelse samt potentiella könsskillnader. Syftet med vinjettstudien var att undersöka detta bland svenska universitetsstudenter. Ett bekvämlighetsurval med 101 män och 100 kvinnor gjordes vid ett universitet i Mellansverige. I enkäten användes en skala om generell förlåtelse och tre vinjetter (sexuell otrohet, emotionell otrohet och kombination av båda otrohetstyper) med tillhörande egenkonstruerade reaktionspåståenden. Könsskillnader gick att observera vid somliga analyser, därmed gav resultaten endast stöd till viss tidigare forskning. Sexuell otrohet visade högre grad av negativa känslor och var mindre förlåtlig än emotionell, bland både män och kvinnor. Kvinnor upplevde mest negativa känslor vid samtliga otrohetstyper. Könsskillnader förelåg i generell förlåtelse, där män tenderade vara mer förlåtande. Däremot fanns ingen könsskillnad i benägenhet att förlåta otrohet. Sammantaget fanns belägg för att vidare utforska otrohet och förlåtelse i relation till personlighetsdrag, självkänsla och familjesituation för en mer komplett förståelse av dessa fenomen.