When Porn is the Other Woman

Jesus – and Jimmy Carter – said, “I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.” But in the internet age, does ogling naked ladies on the web constitute adultery? Does porn lead to adultery? Or is it, as Woody Allen said, just making out with the person you love best – yourself? “There’s an obvious line between leafing through a Playboy and pulling a Spitzer on your wife,” writes Ross Douthat. “Adultery is inevitable, but it’s never been universal in the way that pornography has the potential to become.”