A TV show in Pakistan showed an extramarital affair — unusually,
involving a wife rather than a husband.
The
producer and actors are accused in court of misogyny, putting
freedom of expression in danger.
I reject the assumption that monogamy is morally imperative. I refuse
to use the words "cheating" and "unfaithful" to describe sex, or
romantic love, in conflict with monogamy. I think people should be
monogamous if they wish, and not if they don't. When I love a woman,
I do not ask her to be monogamous, because I do not think of her as my
possession. I simply wish for her to join me in keeping our love
going well.
The article refers an the end to the violence in Tom and Jerry
cartoons. Americans a few decades ago began to question whether it
was a good thing to enjoy that violence. I read that point, and it
made me aware of the pain that the violence depicted would cause in
reality. I began to identify with the character suffering the
violence. I am grateful to those who wrote about this.
But it must not be a crime to show violence in cartoons.