Why Cheaters Don’t Just Leave The Relationship
The Madonna-whore complex
Ah, the good (or rather terrible) old-fashioned Madonna-whore complex. Some men cannot believe that a woman can be loyal, sweet, and good and sexual, sensual, and great in bed. Some men like having their legitimate partner represent the Madonna—the saint in their life—and their mistress present the, well, you know. They could never see their mistress as anything else.