Survey: 1 in 3 married American women cheat

Not a scientific poll. Internet, respondent-driven surveys have little reliability.

As for the question - people cheat for all sorts of reasons. Guys are known to cheat because of some biological drive to propagate the earth. Partnered women cheat because because of some supposed instinct to have a replacement mate waiting around if the primary mate goes away.

There is probably some truth in the reductionist conclusions, but humans are so complex, I tend to dismiss broad conclusions on infidelity as unreliable.

I do think the "hooking up" generation now getting married will see more infidelity.
 
There's of course some issues with the methodology, but the results can't just be dismissed on that basis. Interesting results. Would like to see it undergo peer review.
 
i hope that isn't true. hell, i thought men were the most dominate in this area, but i can't even fathom one in three men cheating. and i know some real ********. i'm probably naive.

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I know the answer because my wife watches Oprah and she told me. If a man cheats, it's because he's a low down dirty snake. If a woman cheats, it's because her man is a low down dirty snake.
 
I have a couple of buddies who live in South America and a good friend (living in Texas) who grew up in Asia.

All three have told me that in both these cultures, it is not uncommon for men to have several partners. For example, if you are a succesful businessman, it is part of that 'machisimo' image to have a wife but also have women on the side......it is almost expected.

Obviously it is different here in the US, but I think our views on monogamy are in the minority compared to most of the world.
 
I do not believe women's desire to cheat has changed over time. It simply has become socially acceptable now. The days of the Scarlet Letter are long, long gone.
 
I've slept with several married women and I was never the one who initiated things. All were women I knew from the workplace. I think they like the attention and the excitement of sneaking around. In other words, they feel bored and ignored in their marriage.
 
A couple dna studies were conducted on populations that showed that up to 30% of children were not fathered by a person other than the one listed on the birth certificate, so I have no problem believing this poll.
 
I've heard the DNA numbers before, too. I would think that since the advent of birth control the number of cuckolded husbands raising another dudes spunk wad is down. And that's probably a good thing.
 
Anyone have a good link to divorce rates and/or marriage durations by age at marriage?

Just curious. My wife and I were 20 when we got married, 10th anniversary in less than a month. We were 16 when we started dating. So I'm always interested in what the numbers are on young marriages. I figure less than half of people that marry at 20 make their 10th anniversary.
 
Some clarification, my experiences all happened when I was younger and didn't really fall under the purview of a traditional affair.

1) My first job at 16 there was a very hot older woman we all lusted after. Some years later, just before I went off to college, I ran into her and she quickly initiated things. I think her husband knew and it was their kink.

2) In my late teens a woman in her mid-twenties took over the shop I worked at. Her husband's parents had bought the shop so she would have something to do. We didn't get along. Then she separates from him and subsequently leaves the shop. She joins us for a night of drinking to celebrate a coworker's birthday and one thing led to another.

3) While I was in college a young coworker who had been married 10 months tried to seduce me. Technically, we didn't sleep together but it was most like an affair. On an almost daily basis she would come over and climb into my bed naked. This led to a high degree of intimacy and felt most like cheating.
 
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