- Tags:: #📚Books, [[relationships|Relationships]], [[sexuality|Sexuality]] - Author:: [[Esther perel|Esther Perel]] - Liked:: 10 - Link:: [The State Of Affairs: Rethinking Infidelity - a book for anyone who has ever loved by Esther Perel - Paperback - from World of Books Ltd (SKU: GOR010533080)](https://www.biblio.com/book/state-affairs-rethinking-infidelity-book-anyone/d/1325532173) - Source date:: [[2017-10-10]] - Finished date:: [[2018-03-01]] - Cover:: ![[cover_the_state_of_affairs.png|100]] > While our societal rebalancing around jealousy was part of an important shift beyond patriarchal privilege, perhaps it has gone too far. [[Our cultural ideals are sometimes too impatient with our human insecurities|Our Cultural Ideals Are Sometimes Too Impatient With Our Human Insecurities]]. They may fail to account for the vulnerability inherent in love and for the heart's need to defend itself. (p. 95)