In the annals of Western literature and culture, delving into the realm of Eros, romance, and metaphysics, you will invariably find that the most intense love affairs transpire between a married woman and a single man. There are a plethora of reasons for this, not the least of which is that passions thrives on obstacle and the forbidden. In the Courtly Love of the high Middle Ages, it was always married women, not single females, who were the objects of the troubadour's love poems, songs, and passionate fixations.
Interesting observation. I assumed adultery in fiction merely increased as moral restrictions decreased. In other words, divorce became permissible towards the middle of the 19th century in England and Russia.
Two more interesting observations. The Biblical commandment, "Thou shalt not commit adultery" is written wrong and is a misinterpretation. It originally was, "Thou shalt not adulterate", meaning making impure by admixture or hybridization. This applies to people as well as animals and plants. The commandment, "Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife" is a paradox because when it was written, the Israelite tribes practiced polygamy and the patriarchs freely bought and traded for each other's wives that suited their fancies. That sounds like coveting to me. In ancient Hinduism, which was an Aryan faith, there is a myth concerning the supreme deity, Shiva. He would be in the clearing of a forest playing a flute or some wind instrument. The melody would carry into the village and would entrance a wife to go out dancing toward him until she met Shiva in the clearing and they made passionate love. It is noteworthy that despite the fact that Shiva's music was heard by all in the village, and there were plenty of attractive single women living there, it is always a married woman who leaves her home and husband and is irresistibly drawn to be his lover.
In the annals of Western literature and culture, delving into the realm of Eros, romance, and metaphysics, you will invariably find that the most intense love affairs transpire between a married woman and a single man. There are a plethora of reasons for this, not the least of which is that passions thrives on obstacle and the forbidden. In the Courtly Love of the high Middle Ages, it was always married women, not single females, who were the objects of the troubadour's love poems, songs, and passionate fixations.
Interesting observation. I assumed adultery in fiction merely increased as moral restrictions decreased. In other words, divorce became permissible towards the middle of the 19th century in England and Russia.
Two more interesting observations. The Biblical commandment, "Thou shalt not commit adultery" is written wrong and is a misinterpretation. It originally was, "Thou shalt not adulterate", meaning making impure by admixture or hybridization. This applies to people as well as animals and plants. The commandment, "Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife" is a paradox because when it was written, the Israelite tribes practiced polygamy and the patriarchs freely bought and traded for each other's wives that suited their fancies. That sounds like coveting to me. In ancient Hinduism, which was an Aryan faith, there is a myth concerning the supreme deity, Shiva. He would be in the clearing of a forest playing a flute or some wind instrument. The melody would carry into the village and would entrance a wife to go out dancing toward him until she met Shiva in the clearing and they made passionate love. It is noteworthy that despite the fact that Shiva's music was heard by all in the village, and there were plenty of attractive single women living there, it is always a married woman who leaves her home and husband and is irresistibly drawn to be his lover.