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An Emotional Affair

Alicia M. Walker
Contexts Summary & key facts 2025 0 citations

Speaking directly with dozens of married heterosexual men involved in extramarital affairs fleshes out a dirty little secret: it’s not always the sex they seek but the validation. By digging deeper, we learn how threatened masculinity gives rise to tacit expectations of wives’ relational labor.

Feminism, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Interdisciplinary Cultural and Social Studies Marriage and Sexual Relationships
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