Husbands and Wives: The New Workplace Romance:
“‘The new infidelity is between people who unwittingly form deep, passionate connections before realizing that they’ve crossed the line from platonic friendship into romantic love. Eighty-two percent of the 210 unfaithful partners I’ve treated have had an affair with someone who was, at first, “just a friend.”‘ From 1991 to 2000, Glass discovered in her practice that 50 percent of the unfaithful women and about 62 percent of unfaithful men she treated were involved with someone from work. ‘Today’s workplace has become the new danger zone of romantic attraction and opportunity,’ Glass writes. Today’s careers offer more opportunity for extramarital affairs. Group interaction in coed workplaces, frequent travel and long hours create more opportunity and temptation than ever. Glass writes, ‘all of these changes and others allow individuals to mix freely where once they were segregated and restricted.’ Studies published in the American Sociological Review and the Journal of Marriage and Family show that before 1985, divorce rates were about equal among working and homemaking women; however, ‘between 1985 and 1992, the annual probability of divorce among employed wives exceeded that for nonemployed wives by 40 percent.’”
This article makes great points about the importance of openness in marriage.
