Why is the BBC promoting adultery?
by Ann Farmer, MercatorNet:
A new six-episode show about sexual boredom and infidelity, Wanderlust, has been described as the BBC’s “filthiest drama to date”. The producers, of course, say that it is a serious look “at how we build and maintain happy relationships and asks if lifelong monogamy is possible – or even desirable”.
The production, which stars Australian actress Toni Collette, has even been presented as an aid to relationships. Yet the claim that infidelity can save a marriage has long been disproved, perhaps explaining the slightly newer suggestion that twice as much infidelity might do the trick.
Moreover, if the drama is supposed to be therapeutic, why make a film that people who need help would be too embarrassed to watch? A serious dramatic exploration would not resort to the titillating sex scenes which spice the show. And, as Lisa Williams says, it is possible to “recover that loving feeling without resorting to an affair”.
However, she quotes Dr Karen Gurney, a psycho-sexologist from The Havelock Clinic in Harley Street, who has some strange advice to offer: “Sex is not just about procreation.”
But if, as she agrees, it is the constant availability of sex that leads to boredom, one way to promote excitement would be to respect the natural fertility cycle of the woman, rather than expecting to “have sex” on a regular basis, making it as romantic as eating a sandwich. Even the advice which this “expert” offers – basically, for partners to be considerate and take an interest in each other in small ways – is aimed at achieving selfish ends.
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