It is said that infidelity is a signal that a relationship is not going the right way, writes the psychotherapist Esther Perel Men cheat out of boredom and fear of intimacy; women cheat out of loneliness and a desperate need for love. Similarly, sincerity, repentance, and acquittal are considered the only paths to take to try to put the pieces back together.

A series of simplifications that, according to Perel do not allow us to grasp the complexities of love and desire are suffocated by a debate that often tends to take on accusatory, critical, and repressive tones.