In Ross Douthat’s Article “Is Pornography Adultery,” he discusses different cases in which pornography has been seen as “cheating” in different relationships. Now when you look up adultery the definition that comes up is, “voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and a person who is not his or her spouse.” Although by definition pornography (also known as porn) is not adultery it’s understandable why it has been seen as a problem. Douthat’s argument in this article is that, “If it’s cheating on your wife to watch while another woman performs sexually in front of you, then why isn’t it cheating to watch while the same sort of spectacle unfolds on your laptop or TV?” No, it’s not cheating regardless of watching in person or through
