Miley Cyrus is Right: Marriage Doesn’t Stop Your Attraction to Others

The question is, what are you going to do about it?

Miley Cyrus married Liam Hemsworth last December and the newlywed has a few thoughts about marriage, which she shares in this month’s Elle magazine. Her biggest reveal is a refreshingly honest one — she may have a husband but she’s still attracted to other people, women in particular.

I’m in a hetero relationship, but I still am very sexually attracted to women. People become vegetarian for health reasons, but bacon is still fucking good, and I know that. I made a partner decision. This is the person I feel has my back the most. I definitely don’t fit into a stereotypical wife role. I don’t even like that word.”

Whether you like the 26-year-old as an artist or as a person or not, her in-your-face admission that sexual desire for others doesn’t necessarily end once you fall in love with someone or tie the knot is an important and real discussion. Because she’s not the only person who has to grapple with that in a world that expects (demands?) sexual fidelity — and often fails — in romantic relationships.

A personal and societal problem

Our inability to talk honestly about our attractions and desire creates all sorts of…