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Turn Yourself On w/ Esther Perel

Sex With Emily

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Why Do People Cheat?

Mating in captivity is an exploration of what happens when desire goes elsewhere. I wanted to understand, you know, why do people cheat, and even why do peoplecheat? Sometimes in happy marriages or in happy relationships, it isn't always just an expression of the discontents inside relationship. And that means sometimes that people become stuck in a roll while they are in a relationship,. They go outside, not to find another person, but to find another self, to reconnect with lost parts of themselves. infidelity is as much about betrayal and deception and duplicity and lying, but it is also about longing and loss and loneliness.

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