Extramarital dating site draws French flak

Paris

IN a country recently transfixed by the trial of a famous politician that revealed details of his orgy escapades, and where the president was found to be cheating on his live-in partner, an ad promoting extramarital affairs might not seem like such a big deal.

But even in famously libertine France, the latest advertising campaign - evoking the temptations of Eve with a partly eaten apple - for a dating website geared to married women looking for affairs, has spawned a backlash and national debate.