Actress Ruth Wilson recently sat down for an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, where she talked about infidelity and this season of The Affair. The publication quotes her as follows:
"The Ashley Madison website that got hacked — 37 million people were signed on to an infidelity site. It kind of suggests that infidelity happens an awful lot. We treat it with such stigma, but actually so many people do it, so I’m not sure why the stigma exists in a way.”
On whether or not she thinks that monogamy is antiquated:
"Certainly in North America and in the U.K., we’re very rigidly conventional in a way. We’re upholding these institutions and I’m not sure work anymore. I don’t know. I mean, that’s a question — it’s a big debate. The Ashley Madison website that got hacked — 37 million people were signed on to an infidelity site — kind of suggests that infidelity happens an awful lot. We treat it with such stigma, but actually so many people do it. I’m not sure why the stigma exists in a way. Not that I’m saying it doesn’t have consequences. That’s the problem — it has huge ramifications, but the source of that might be because we’ve put so much expectation on what marriage should be. Maybe our expectations are wrong. It’s a major question. As women are becoming more economically independent and don’t need marriage as a way to support themselves, it’s slightly changing the dynamics of what it means."
Read the full interview at The Hollywood Reporter.
No comments:
Post a Comment