It is known as adultery to the sentimental relationship that one person will have with another, that is, a third party, even though one or both are already married and are part of a family reality..
Almost since the world is world and human beings have owned a nature that sometimes does not discriminate between what is politically correct and what is not, adultery has existed and has spread, becoming almost a reprehensible practice, yes, but almost inevitable in many cultures and societies around the world.
Traditionally and as a consequence of the machismo that has also prevailed since time immemorial on planet earth, adultery has been more punished and lashed out when it comes to a woman and it is a woman who provokes it and although of course the law does not make distinctions between the sexes and if the case is brought to justice, surely, the man will be as punished as the woman, meanwhile, with regard to a On a strictly social level, the woman is the one who always has the losers and those who throughout history have suffered the most for committing the crime of adultery. On many occasions and according to the harshness of the laws, in the past not so remote even with their own lives they have had to pay the lack of respect for the marriage institution that they swore never to corrupt with an infidelity.
Of course, the law understands the consummation of infidelity as a lack of marital duty, while for religion, especially for Christianity, one who only thinks and wants his neighbor's woman or man, without committing the carnal act , is also committing adultery and is as or as guilty as the one who materialized it. Even, God, at the time of the Ten Commandments that he ordered Moses to fulfill and promote, placed the one of not wanting your neighbor's wife, with which the foundations for the future condemnation that the situation has from a point of view religious sight.
On the other hand, adultery is one of the main causes of divorce that exists in the world and of course if it is demonstrated before the pertinent authority, the person who denounces it will of course find the ruling in his favor and with the immediate dissolution of your marital union. Those cases in which it can be proven that it was carried out in the marital home or those in which there is a scandal easy to verify through witnesses, of course, will immediately obtain a judicial response in their favor.