Um novo olhar sobre a infidelidade conjugal

Abstract

It’s a literature bibliographic review which studies, through several works from human knowledge, the causes and consequences of marital infidelity. It’s emphasized in the media, in specialized literature and, mainly, in common sense, sexual infidelity as responsible for marital and commitment relationships ruptures. It’s questioned: in what consists the marital infidelity? Are there others infidelity types, beyond sexual, in marital relationships? What’re the reasons governing that act? What’re the consequences for the family and for the individuals involved? It’s pointed out, among several others reasons, the tendency present in human beings to transgress and marriage crisis, as main causes of infidelity on couple relationships. Recently, conjugal relationships researchers have highlighted other infidelities present in relationships, as powerful as sexual, capable to cause relational ruptures. It’s proposed, in this article to reflect about infidelity through a new prism. According to the studies performed, it was concluded that broaden the understanding of infidelity, beyond sexual betrayal, should assist family and couple therapists to have a broader vision of marital relationships and to contemplate many others possibilities to achieve family solutions.