A former Wall Street Journal foregin correspondent, Pamela Druckerman, just published her book, Lust in Translation: The Rules of Infidelity from Tokyo to Tennessee. It hasn’t received great reviews, yet. She compares how different cultures define adultery and how they conceptualize infidelity.

Here’s some interesting data Druckerman found:
-Only 3.8 of married men and 2% of women in France admitted to having affairs
-In the U.S. 3.9 percent of men and 3.1 percent of women acklnowledged cheating
-6 percent of Americans in one survey said it was ok to cheat in some or all situations, nearly 40 percent of Russians polled saw no problem with it.

Are some truths really better left unspoken? Yes, according to Drukerman. It’s a French idea she sympathizes with.