Bertrand RussellThe psychology of adultery has been falsified by conventional morals, which assume, in monogamous countries, that attraction to one person cannot coexist with affection for another. Everybody knows that this is untrue.
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In this quote, Freud is speaking about conventional morality. The idea that a person cannot be attracted to more than one other person at a time is a myth. In fact, people can be simultaneously attracted to multiple people yet still be emotionally involved with only one of those people. In societies where marriage is considered to be the highest form of love, monogamy is expected from both men and women as well as from the people who are married. However, as Freud points out, love can exist without marriage and can coexist with attraction to multiple partners.
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