Certain Men Might Be More Likely To Cheat, But Most Men Are Faithful

Another survey has come out looking and who cheats and why and  found that men whose partners make significantly more money than them are most likely to cheat.

But let’s not forget that most men are faithful.

The Effect of Relative Income Disparity on Infidelity for Men and Women study found:

• men with no income and completely dependent on their female partner are five times more likely to cheat
• men who make significantly more money than their female partner are also likely to cheat
• women who depend on their male partners cheat half as much as women with equal income
• men are least likely to cheat when the women earn 75% of the man’s income

This study looked at 18 to 28-year-olds over six years who were in relationships longer than one year.

There’s a glaringly obvious oversight in this report in that they didn’t mention the cheating habits of the women who make more money than the men. Perhaps the male partners are sad and alone waiting for the women to come home and find comfort with another woman. But do the women working the long hours and going on business trips get just as lonely and snuggle up to their colleagues? Probably.

Regardless of the results, we have to remember that overall, only 3.8% of men and 1.4% of women had cheated in this study.

Let’s stop focusing on why people cheat, and instead focus on why they don’t. Working from a positive frame of reference is surely going to be much more effective than working from such a negative one.