Private Lies

Infidelity is difficult as is: evolutionary psychology reveals that males are more susceptible to the sexual dimension, while females are more susceptible to the emotional dimension of it. But what compounds the problem are the lies, the deceit, the duplicity of life and the ensuing destructuring of identity: in a word, the politics which takes preeminence and gradually overshadows all other aspects of the interpersonal relation. The major merit of Pittman's book is to extricate this political aspect and to show that it is the one responsible for the destruction of intimacy, trust and,…