What Does Adultery Mean? Dealing Effectively with Infidelity
Allison Kim
Words and their meanings matter. In the classic story “Through the Looking-Glass,” there is an exchange between Alice and Humpty Dumpty about what words mean and who gets to define them. We read the following:- “When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, “it means just what I choose it to mean – neither more nor less.” “The question is,” said Alice, “whether you can make words mean so many different things.” “The question is,” said Humpty Dumpty, “which is to be master – that’s all.”– Lewis Carroll, Through The Looking-Glass It may seem out of place to quote a children’s story when talking about...
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