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Jan 29, 2024 · Men were more likely than women to engage in sexual infidelity, and to do so more than once. Women were more likely to have emotional affairs, and with someone their primary...
- When Women Cheat, It's Usually for These 10 Reasons
Women are five times more likely than men to engage in...
- When Women Cheat, It's Usually for These 10 Reasons
Jul 30, 2024 · Women are five times more likely than men to engage in infidelity for this reason. They're bored or seeking something new (12.93 percent). Women whose lives feel dull or...
Feb 22, 2023 · Women were found to be more likely to engage in infidelity when they were dissatisfied in their relationship or felt that they were sexually incompatible with their partner, which may point to the interconnection of sexual and relationship factors in increasing the possibility of infidelity.
The most well-established demographic finding has been that men tend to be more likely to engage in infidelity than women, possibly due to greater social power or evolutionary motivations (e.g., Hughes, Harrison, & Gallup, 2004; Lalasz & Weigel, 2011; Lammers, Stoker, Jordan, Pollmann, & Stapel, 2011).
- Kayla Knopp, Shelby Scott, Lane Ritchie, Galena K. Rhoades, Howard J. Markman, Scott M. Stanley
- 2017
Sep 17, 2023 · Women may also use infidelity to “trade up” to mates with more resources. Unfaithful women may well have had more children—passing along genes that tilted their offspring toward continued ...
Aug 25, 2021 · Indeed, many studies have found that men are more likely to engage in sex outside of a relationship (Labrecque & Whisman, Citation 2017; Petersen & Hyde, Citation 2010) whereas women may be more likely to engage in emotional infidelity (Selterman et al., Citation 2019).
Mar 28, 2024 · Previous literature has revealed that men are more likely to disclose engaging in infidelity than women, though this gender gap is closing. 2,3 Men also are more likely to rate some behaviors as less indicative of infidelity than women. 6 There is limited research of infidelity among more diverse populations, including gender-diverse people.
