Männer reagieren eher positiv auf Untreue als Frauen, wenn Beziehungen scheitern. Die Studie ergab, dass Teilnehmer, die mit ihren derzeitigen Partnern unzufrieden waren, die Intimität von außen als weitaus akzeptabler betrachteten als diejenigen in blühenden Partnerschaften.
Men are more likely than women to view infidelity favorably when relationships falter
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>When adults feel unsatisfied with their romantic partnerships, they are more likely to develop a lenient attitude toward cheating. This psychological link is heavily influenced by a person’s baseline willingness to engage in casual sexual encounters. These findings were [published](https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14681994.2026.2651359) recently in the journal Sexual and Relationship Therapy.
>Romantic relationships require a continuous investment of time and emotional energy. Psychologists often use the investment model of commitment to understand why people stay faithful in a pairing. This model suggests that satisfaction, the sheer quality of the relationship, and the appeal of alternative partners all interact to determine a person’s loyalty.
>Unmet needs in a primary relationship often push people to seek intimacy elsewhere. A lack of sexual or emotional satisfaction can weaken the boundaries that usually prevent extradyadic affairs. Still, not every unhappy partner inevitably embarks on an affair, prompting researchers to look for underlying personality traits that tip the scales.
>Human beings possess varying levels of openness to uncommitted sexual intimacy. Psychologists refer to this trait as sociosexual orientation, a concept that helps explain vast differences in romantic behavior. People with an unrestricted orientation are highly comfortable with physical intimacy outside of a committed romantic bond. They do not feel an absolute need for love or emotional attachment to enjoy sexual encounters.
>Conversely, those with a restricted sociosexual orientation typically require a deep emotional bond before engaging in physical intimacy. They prefer long term strategies and heavy emotional investment with a single partner. Sociosexuality is generally broken down into three distinct components in modern psychological assessments. These include past behavioral tendencies, personal attitudes about casual intimacy, and an ongoing psychological desire for uncommitted encounters.
makes sense to me. if we take all else as equal aside from the threat of physical and sexual violence that is heighten among women in sexual encounters with men, i’d assume that would translate to this outcome
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I love my wife, have done since we met in 1979. For me, love means wanting whatever makes her happy. And if that happens to be secondary relationships with others, her happiness is more important to me than ‚fidelity‘.
As it happens that’s pragmatically beneficial to the relationship, because she knows if she left me for someone else it’s most unlikely they’d give her the same freedom.
It’s a survey of 303 people in Delhi, India. The population of the survey makes it hard to judge anything other than the culture of greater Delhi.
Infidelity in a relationship is judged much more harshly than one healthy partner unilaterally deciding that sex within the relationship is a thing of the past, and expecting that to be accepted.
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I find it offensive that people could be offended by those who are offended. It’s all very off putting.
Women are more likely than men to say they won’t cheat. FIFY.
Yeah, B.S. Not only is the survey size tiny, but it’s from India.
Then there’s the logic that men cheat more at younger ages when their testosterone is higher and less as they get older. The men who can often shoot their mouths off about sex, where as women are MUCH less likely to. Men have MUCH less oppurtunities to cheat, where as most women can cheat almost any time they want to, especially with social media.
And the kicker is- women end MOST relationships, especially marriage, and in a VERY large percentage of the time women have something lined up that they test drive before they end the other relationship.
If men had the oppurtunities to cheat that women do- the numbers would be different.
I don’t believe this.
Men are much more likely to leave a marriage over infidelity in their wife. They are much less understanding about these incidents than women.