As we are talking Catholicism, the sense of mea culpa that goes beyond people who believe in such things and into mainstream society.

Hence my comment above that if adultery wasn't frowned upon by those we are taught to put on a pedestal, it wouldn't be as much fun for those who indulge....

Christianity was definitely not the inventor of strict rules and harsh sanctions against adultery. They must be as old as human settlements. (A small number of small tribes are known who have not limitations of sex other than direct incest. They must be small enough to have a tight collective sense of responsibility for the offspring. Presumably, they gave up their original stricter rules when they found controlling their observance infeasible.)

Again, Musket, you prove that you have very little knowledge about human nature. Does Ian have any more, and if so, why does he not share it with you and us?