Mary Gaitskill

Perhaps it should be obvious: Adultery is a social threat that arouses raw anger and fear, which the bellicose then need to discharge rather than merely feel, traditionally on the philandering wife or the female home-wrecker.

American Novelist

Helen Fisher

There exists no culture in which adultery is unknown, no cultural device or code that extinguishes philandering.

American Scientist

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Philandering impedes, as everyone knows, the ability to concentrate.

French Painter

The word 'philandering' often suggests disapproval and moral judgment of the behavior.

Negative connotation

'Philandering' is traditionally used to describe a man's behavior, not a woman's.

Gender-specific

The word often implies that the man is deceitful, especially if he's in a committed relationship.