Monogamy or Monotony?

Filed in archive Dating Sites on September 1, 2006

"I prefer to cheat with other married people because they have as much to lose as me typically" says a 35-year-old executive at a large corporation in midtown Manhattan. Married for seven years, he and his wife have sex twice a week. He cheated for the first time with another married woman he met through the Ashley Madison Agency. He's one of over a million members of Ashley Madison, which-like Married Secrets, Affair Match, Discreet Adventures and International House of Wives-caters to cheaters. The company's founder, Darren Morgenstern wanted to offer a service where folks could be up-front about their marital status. Membership costs $240 for three months. Sites like Ashley Madison tap into a very profitable niche within the online personals arena by bringing honesty to the dishonest practice of cheating. Statistics show that 12% to 25% of women and 22% to 60% of men cheat. FULL ARTICLE @ VILLAGEVOICE


Mark Brooks: Sexsearch is into threesomes. AdultFriendFinder markets to swingers. Polymatchmaker also. In some ways Ashley Madison, and others are providing a service to the dating industry by soaking up the marrieds that would otherwise give mainstream dating sites a bad reputation from the genuinely single users encounter them. By their mere existence they also encourage infidelity. Do these services provide a useful public service? For or against? Your comments please.