Betrayal is a strange topic, there are so many reasons to betray someone.. for instance if a woman was in a abusive relationship with her husband, then found happiness and love (has sex) with another man from work, could you see this act of betrayal as bad as a man with four kids in a loving relationship with his partner, who then randomly becomes sexual attracted to his wife's bestfriend and has a long term affair worse?.. so i guess what i'm trying to get across is that there are many levels of betrayal and people will judge it differently depending on gender, age etc.
There is usually a motive for an act of betrayal, possibly peer pressure, embarrassment, being scared, temptation etc. It is such a complex topic that you can not judge it on being bad or good. Although it may start off as a bad thing to do it could act as a catalyst for better things...
Here is a link to Jeremy Kyle's webpage (he deals with it eveyday!): www.itv.com/lifestyle/jeremykyle/
I think you have raised an interesting point about betrayal however I don't really agree as there are always other options. As I have never been in an abusive relationship I can't comment on that but I do think that people do have a choice and can be honest and if they are in unhappy or potential dangerous relationships they should get out. I realise this becomes difficult if there are children involved but there are people who can help.
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