# Is Adultery Wrong **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [October 27, 2010, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-adultery-wrong/558470 "2010-10-27T01:07:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 39
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2010, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-adultery-wrong/558470/39 "2010-10-27T13:28:35Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > No I’m not. It’s not like computer dating. It’s parents doing all the “screening” and making decisions that the kids are not free to say no to (they can sometimes turn down specific candidates, but they cannot turn down having a marriage arranged or marry for love).You don’t have to romanticize every backwards, barbaric practice on earth. I’m just waiting for your Paean to female genital mutilation and your long pork recipes. I’ve heard of it working the way that **even sven** And **One and Only Wanderer** mention it. The way my mom explained it to me (and no, I’m not getting into one) is more like parents or relatives will introduce you to some people–kind of a set up. It’s no more forceful than a blind date or matchmaking. So for those of us not up on our Ayn Rand, what did she do? --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-adultery-wrong/558470)._