Promiscuous women cheat MORE because of their genetically determined sociosexual orientation; the study women cite that “promiscuous women cheat less” is false

First and foremost, let us address the faulty study that women love to cite claiming that “promiscuous women cheat less”.

This study is faulty for 2 reasons:

1. The study is filled with logical fallacies. Apart from the logical fallacy that promiscuous women cheat less, it also says that:

Surprisingly, people satisfied with sex in their relationship were more likely to engage in infidelity.

One doesn’t have to be a scholar to see why that doesn’t make sense. Similarly, one doesn’t have to be a scholar to see why promiscuous women cheat more. Even without the studies, it’s a “duh”.

2. It has never been replicated. A study is only reliable if many authors come to the same conclusion. This is the first and only study in history that comes to the conclusion that promiscuous women “cheat less”. No other study in the past has come to this conclusion, and no other study since then has come to that conclusion either.

On the other hand, We have a myriad of studies proving that promiscuous women cheat more. For example, the ones in this link

So back to the title. The reason why promiscuous women cheat more is because of their genetically determined sociosexual orientation which determines both ones propensity to rack up a high number of partners and one’s propensity to cheat:

Our findings demonstrate that infidelity and number of sexual partners are both under moderate genetic influence (41% and 38% heritable, respectively) and the genetic correlation between these two traits is strong (47%).

Not surprisingly, the average number of sexual partners was significantly higher among respondents who had been unfaithful compared with those who had remained faithful (7.73 vs. 3.78, p < .001). The phenotypic correlation between these traits was .36 (p < .001)

The resulting genetic correlation between the two traits was .47, so nearly half the genes impacting on infidelity also affect number of sexual partners. The correlation of the unique environment between the two variables was .48.

Cherkas, L. F., Oelsner, E. C., Mak, Y. T., Valdes, A., & Spector, T. D. (2004). Genetic influences on female infidelity and number of sexual partners in humans: a linkage and association study of the role of the vasopressin receptor gene (AVPR1A). Twin Research and Human Genetics, 7(6), 649-658. Chicago

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