Despite the stereotype that men cheat, more, study finds women are more likely to cheat

mr_ogyny · 2024-09-21T01:06:28+00:00

Women who cheat, find their affair partners more attractive than their primary partners, even though they might CLAIM that they feel neglected by the latter.

Consistent with a dual mating strategy, women experienced stronger physical attraction to their affair partners and stronger parental attraction to their primary partners.

Contrary to the mate-switching hypothesis, women did not prefer their affair partners overall, parentally, or personally.

In other words, they prefer their primary partner for reasons other than physical attraction. This is why 'husband material' is not usually a complement.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1090513824000710

nrverma · 2024-09-21T00:44:13+00:00

Although I appreciate this data being published by a mainstream media outlet, it still frames infidelity in the typical feminist double standard.

When a man engages in infidelity, it is because he lacks self-control. But when a woman engages in infidelity, it is because her male parter is not meeting her needs.

Either way, the man is at fault.

walterwallcarpet · 2024-09-21T03:24:30+00:00

Here's how men get manipulated into bringing up someone else's kid. https://www.scotsman.com/news/uk-news/96-of-women-are-liars-honest-2509965

This is seen as an unquestionable female 'right': "The last laugh we have, as women, over our husbands and boyfriends.." https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/who-s-the-daddy/

In fact, to question the 'ethics' of having your bank account raided for eighteen years, while your own genes are consigned to the dustbin is to have a "distorted and thin view of fatherhood." https://jme.bmj.com/content/medethics/33/8/475.full.pdf

Women cheat because they see the opportunity to capture 'better' genes, after they've got the security of being hitched to a beta-provider. There is, of course, a radical solution to this BS. At maternity hospitals, send mothers home with any old baby. Jumble them up a bit.

After all, anything else would be a 'distorted and thin' view of motherhood, surely?

Sir_Spectacular · 2024-09-21T02:40:54+00:00

When discussing reasons, I'm surprised they didn't mention opportunity as a factor.

It's just a fact that, unless he's a truly exceptional specemin, the average guy gets approached by interested members of the opposite sex far less often than the average gal. Knowing that, even if your average guy were more likely to cheat when given the oppourtinity, he's far less likely to get that opportunity to begin with.

If you model every cheating opportunity as a roll of the dice, guys might cheat on a 5-6 instead of just a 6, but women roll that dice far more often.

Dabasacka43 · 2024-09-21T01:48:05+00:00

Oh yeah if you’ve talked to and gotten close to women in the past 10 years this will old news to you

buildarium · 2024-09-21T00:18:01+00:00

Now I have proof to show that stereotype is a lie.

jeff4093 · 2024-09-21T03:10:12+00:00

I would think that most men would know the financial and family ruin that they would face that a woman may not.

Magical-Hummus · 2024-09-21T04:44:05+00:00

I mean, only one side can easily get multiple people wanting to sleep with them when only stating they are in the mood. More access caused more enticement and more intercourse.

ConsiderationNo8470 · 2024-09-21T06:02:35+00:00

If a woman cheats she can't be trusted. If a man cheats he's more likely to get caught because the woman he cheats with can't be trusted.

Aletheian2271 · 2024-09-21T07:38:20+00:00

Imagine how much better relationships would be if couples understood that when a woman starts to feel sexually bored, this didn’t have to mean the end.

I don't think the women portraid in these research would like it if the men in their life said the same thing.

Also, the author seems to be projecting a lot of her own behaviour and is trying to justify it. She's trying to justify dual mating strategy.

Would these women give the men in their life the same freedom they want?

IlIIlIIIlIl · 2024-09-21T04:13:49+00:00

Any woman can have sex whenever she wants while men have to work for it. So is anyone surprised?

rjm101 · 2024-09-21T07:47:03+00:00

It's common sense when you think about it:

Take Maria. Average looking women. If she posts her profile on a dating site she'll get hundreds of likes and match easily within 24 hours.

Take average Joe smith. Nothing special about this guy but he has a decent job and isn't overweight. In 24 hours he might get 1 like if he's lucky.

The opportunity presented to be unfaithful is going to be bombarded for women, not men.

DrewYetti · 2024-09-21T08:55:47+00:00

It’s worst for a woman to cheat as she can get pregnant and mislead her man into raising her child believing he’s the father and there is no legal punishments for committing such an act. Not to mention on how women, especially feminists would try to justify it by giving them excuses that involves blaming men for neglecting her, never loving her enough and all that bullshit.

DecrepitAbacus · 2024-09-21T07:35:53+00:00

When I was six - 1965 - I determined marriage was a muggs game for men. I've seen nothing in the six decades since to change my mind.

Haivaan_Darinda_69 · 2024-09-21T01:55:23+00:00

It's not really surprising as humans have evolved from polygamous societies where women had abundance of partners at disposal while men had less options to very likely having only one partner in their entire lives

The more the societies became agricultural and marriage became a norm polygamy ended however being polygamous stayed with women and given the societal standards of forgiving women for everything and them being driven by emotion and lust it's not surprising that they are more likely to cheat than men

Men on the other hand had less options or as "high" of a sexual value than women so the partner they chose was pretty much their only partner and post agriculture loyalty became the highest value

Also given mens willpower and dedication I assume they were less likely to cheat despite their high libido as the risk though exciting was not worth it in the long term and will very likely lead to losing current partner and given how difficult is for men to get another genuine woman nobody would be taking the risk

Thing is the whole morality when it comes to cheating has always been underplayed for women to show them in a purer more moral light which the feminists conveniently weaponize to take a higher moral ground despite the ground reality

The very fact that men having affairs are ostracized and shamed for being disloyal and disgusting while if women did the same the blame is very conveniently shifted on men that they must have not been treating them right and due to which she was forced to cheat

Given that women have always been polygamous combined with the benefits of property being associated with men post agriculture they managed to grab the best of both worlds ruining lives of men and breaking down the delicate social fabric

Vivaelpueblo · 2024-09-21T07:21:09+00:00

In other news, Pope is Catholic.

wordjedi · 2024-09-21T07:23:53+00:00

Kind of makes you think it's probably not a good idea to sign a legally binding contract to some woman for half your income for life, doesn't it?

TipTapdooper260 · 2024-09-21T06:44:04+00:00

....Well no shit...

BrawnyStele · 2024-09-21T23:47:48+00:00

This gynocentric feminist society is at its end, the truth is still flouted and I wonder if it is still worth participating in this masquerade...

Educational_Offer837 · 2024-09-21T08:39:32+00:00

Do you really need a study to know that the members of the most embellished sex and the ones who always have people (men) crawling behind them to get their attention are the ones who cheat the most? It's pretty fucking stupid to think men cheat more, anyone who says so is either delusional or a feminist dirtbag who is trying to depict men as evil, as they always do

The_SHUN · 2024-09-21T12:09:58+00:00

Those that know already know, only bluepillers don’t know

SulkTv999 · 2024-09-23T23:07:32+00:00

Dude no way! I think i have this same study saved! What a Coincidence. But yeah dude it sucks that this is true. Men are getting the main brunt of it.

RandomYT05 · 2024-09-24T08:31:36+00:00

We knew for a long time women will cheat more often than men. It's a stereotype they're having a hard time propping up.

Pulvrizr99 · 2024-09-24T16:52:00+00:00

Women are also the only gender that can surprise their spouse with a kid that actually isn't their's, with no repercussions!

Pretend_Rest6209 · 2024-10-26T03:33:04+00:00

I have always believed that women cheat FAR more than men. The vast majority of women have the ability to cheat whenever they feel like it. Even women who are below average in attractiveness can put a few photos online on dating or hookup sites without showing their face, state that they only want NSA fun, and she will have multiple men who are more attractive than her hit her up almost immediately inviting her over to their place for a romp. If men want to cheat, they still need to be good looking, have game, and be able and willing to put in time and effort to make it happen.

Some women might believe that men also get this same attention from women and don’t need to try, but only the very upper tier of men in the attractiveness department will ever have it happen where a woman just offers herself up for fun. 90% of men will never experience this happening to them.

There is another issue with these stats and that it they rely on people self reporting if they have cheated or not. Even if it’s completely anonymous, some women will still lie and say that they have never cheated when they have. Which brings me to my next point; some women will actually convince themselves that cheating is not cheating under certain circumstances. For example, if she was at a bachelorette party or a girls night out and she let a male stripper put his dick in her mouth for a few strokes, there is a strong chance that a LOT of women would laugh it off and believe that it wasn’t cheating. If she was dating a man exclusively for months but decided to meet up with an ex and they had sex, many women would believe that it’s not “really” cheating since she had sex with him many times in the past so once more isn’t hurting anything. Another instance could be that her and man had a massive argument and she went out and cheated on him, she might well convince herself that it wasn’t cheating because he made her so angry and she was considering breaking up with him in that moment. Another case is if she hooked up with someone famous. Many women seem to consider celebrities, pro athletes, musicians, etc. to be some sort of freebie loophole. Another one is if the woman was out partying and drinking, she might believe that she was drunk so she wasn’t in the right frame of mind and can’t be held responsible. One other that I have heard is it’s not cheating if the guy didn’t cum. Somehow, they believe that equals nothing happened.

Btw, the same women who believe the above would consider it ridiculous and insulting if a man attempted to use the same exact excuses to claim that he didn’t cheat.

chobolicious88 · 2024-09-21T11:47:30+00:00

All i see in general is data, but little insight into whats best for men.

Plus-Pollution-5916 · 2024-09-21T13:54:05+00:00

Regardless of the study,woman can easily seduce a man but the inverse is not very less likely. The very least thing one cannot deny is that, it is easy for women to cheat.

randonumero · 2024-09-21T16:21:23+00:00

Looks like a lot of self reported data but it stands to reason that women would cheat more because they have far more opportunities to cheat. Arguably women also stand to lose less if caught cheating.

Pretend-Storm4566 · 2024-09-21T20:34:28+00:00

You know, I think most woman would admit this, and admit they have double standards that men cheating is worse than women cheating.

KilljoyTheTrucker · 2024-09-21T23:16:14+00:00

I doubt there's a way to accurately quantify it, but I'd bet it coincides with relative opportunity.

Most dudes, especially younger guys now, don't have a lot of opportunities to bang, whether they lie about their relationship status or not. Women would have reasonably good odds waking around asking random dudes on the street, even if they were open about it being cheating.

No_Confidence_4820 · 2025-01-26T22:06:55+00:00

What bullshit! This study is fake news!!! Men cheat far more than women! That’s fact!

Crambone219 · 2025-04-04T03:05:44+00:00

Women are always looking for the next best thing….even when they are perfectly content with the man and their lives!…..they don’t know what it’s like to be loyal….women suck

Cool_Psychology_8042 · 2025-05-02T07:51:19+00:00

It's roughly neck, and neck when it comes to infidelity. Men cheat with who they can, women cheat with who they want. In the end it ends up close, very close.

Same_Meat2587 · 2025-05-21T20:32:26+00:00

This article didn't have any actual statistics nor did it have any evidence of polls or any proof that they had looked into the other side to see how often men cheat. Basically this article lacks statistics, any actual solid evidence, or any counter argument to go off of. If anyone can find an article that isn't just baseless claims and quotes that could be made up it would be great to see

Holiday_Garage9682 · 2025-08-16T18:24:23+00:00

Yes, they are. And they're much more secretive about it. Not only that, but when they do, you'll start to notice that they start accusing you of cheating like crazy. My ex started a huge fight with me when my brother died and I went to his funeral 2 states away. While I was there another ex came in and hugged me and told me she was sorry for my loss. She called me up later and asked if I wanted to hang out. I said I did and she came and picked me up. We went out to eat and then went to her place. We ended up fucking and then she took me home. Later on my girl at the time sent me a picture of the girl's house that id cheated with. She told me her name and told me that if I ever talked to her again she'd tell her husband (yes my ex was married, but she's always been that one ex that I always end up getting with everytime we see each other. We haven't been together for years, but I still got love for her). She started a lot of problems and held that over my head for years, although it was the only time I cheated, and the whole thing could have been avoided if she'd just came to my brothers funeral with me. Who starts a fight with someone that just tragically lost their younger brother? Thats the hardest thing I've ever went through. Come to find out later, she'd cheated too. Not only then but multiple times over a period of many years. Id always know when she did because she'd start accusing me and snooping through my phone, even though she kept her phone locked. She was crazy, but had some good pussy. And she wanted to put it on everyone. I dont know how the hell it stayed so tight. I found a video on her phone once after she left me for 3 months and came back and she was getting absolutely piledriven by this dude with a 12 inch dick. She even had a 12 inch dildo she'd use after that he bought for her. She wouldn't delete the video either and she'd watch it when she'd use that dildo. It was so big that it didnt even fit all the way. She was absolutely moaning and screaming and begging him to fuck her harder. It was actually kind of hot. So hot that I didnt even mind her watching it. I wish id have sent it to my phone lol. It was actually amazing. Like something that would get millions of views on porn sites haha.. not that id have posted it. Its just something id like to jerk it to now and again lmao

Traditional-Ease-431 · 2025-10-07T21:07:54+00:00

God I love it when people actually use their brains! Truth is, most people, are imbeciles. Not in the clinical sense of course, more in the sense that, despite having perfectly functional mental faculties, most people simply refuse to exercise them. The fact that women cheat more has always been self-evident to me — even before I saw it happening with my own eyes— and I never believed the stats for one second.

Men might've cheated more at some point in time for sure, but since the pill in the '60s, and 2nd/3rd wave feminism in the '70s, it's been flipped on its head. With social media in the 2000s, and dating apps in the early 2010s the whole thing became a shit show.

MigWeldingJoker · 2025-11-19T04:23:38+00:00

Women can cheat any day they have free time, men are pigs. A dude would have to work for it lol

jack_avram · 2024-09-21T06:21:08+00:00

With the dating statistics always saying twice as many men are single, seems reasonable

Standard_Bar_189 · 2025-08-12T14:51:13+00:00

by the time, a man cheats, he’s been laying in his bed at night staring into the dark for years wondering why she doesn’t love me anymore. Why she turned off the romance despite everything he’s done for her she hates him. she turns of the off the affection spout (not just sex cause man crave way more than that despite female propaganda) . then if something does happen she’s cries and and screams about “all you care about is sex “ well maybe after breaking a man down till he’s scared to even ask his wife for sex via text once every two months. first it’s “no” . then after a few months or a year it’s left on read no answer . which is “no” but 100x more mean. “we have sex !!! “ she’ll say. because once every two months, she’ll pull her pants now bend over and make you do a quickie in the bathroom with no foreplay. If you can imagine you get up in time. and if you say can we hace a little more passion? pants back up see you in 3-4 months if you’re lucky.

Pan-RedguardTheory · 2024-09-22T10:41:08+00:00

i get that yall are all idiots and don't care about the truth, but if you actually read the cited article, it doesn't say that women cheat more at all. in fact it says literally the opposite. which lines up with pretty much every other study on the subject. but that's what happens when you start taking the newyork-motherfucking-post as a legitimate source.

well that, and also when you don't actually check your sources.

bluehorserunning · 2024-09-21T06:43:51+00:00

The NY Post? Seriously? And “science shows”?

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