or her marriage partner.2 While there is nothing new about the act of adultery, since it has been committed down through the corridors of time, it has accelerated its presence and activity in our day more than ever. In the past there was shame connected with the discovery of adultery, along with public ridicule, but in our day television, feature films, and much novel writing features adultery almost as a celebrated cause. The exact prevalence of adultery is difficult to determine, but none of the