In today’s society, where the divorce rates are at fifty percent, infidelity plays a major role. The question I asked for my research was as follows: who do you think cheats more and why? This research paper will be about discovering why people cheat and who cheats more. The method I used for my research was survey. I asked people at my high school to take it and ended with 40 response - 23 males and 17 females. A theory that supports infidelity is conflict theory. Conflict theory shows that society creates problems when there is inequality, so in a relationship when one person is not being satisfied with what their partner is giving them they go out and look for it somewhere else. Some people may see men as brave or cool for being cheaters,
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Men see cheating as having a sexual encounter with someone else; in contrast, women see cheating as spending time with someone else and keeping things from their partner (Whitty, 2005). A study showed that men were more upset at sexual infidelity than the women were. Men tend to get more upset than women by a partner’s sexual infidelity, on the other hand women would be upset about emotional infidelity. Men are more prone to cheat because they have “significantly more sexual partners outside of their primary relationship” (Zare, 2011). In the United States about 25% of married men and 10% of married women had reported to having a seuxal affair, this numbered doubled for African American men and women. A study done in an urban area in China found that 20% of men and 4% of women had extramarital sex with in the past year. Men typically cheat because they are not being sexually satisfied with their partner and they want more intimacy, unlike women who cheat because they want an emotional connection. Men are normally more approving to having an affair. A lot of research has been done to show that men are the ones who most often engage in sexual infidelity. Some forms of infidelity vary by gender, for example women can be unfaithful when they are not being satisfied by their partner emotionally (Tsapelas et al
Men see cheating as having a sexual encounter with someone else; in contrast, women see cheating as spending time with someone else and keeping things from their partner (Whitty, 2005). A study showed that men were more upset at sexual infidelity than the women were. Men tend to get more upset than women by a partner’s sexual infidelity, on the other hand women would be upset about emotional infidelity. Men are more prone to cheat because they have “significantly more sexual partners outside of their primary relationship” (Zare, 2011). In the United States about 25% of married men and 10% of married women had reported to having a seuxal affair, this numbered doubled for African American men and women. A study done in an urban area in China found that 20% of men and 4% of women had extramarital sex with in the past year. Men typically cheat because they are not being sexually satisfied with their partner and they want more intimacy, unlike women who cheat because they want an emotional connection. Men are normally more approving to having an affair. A lot of research has been done to show that men are the ones who most often engage in sexual infidelity. Some forms of infidelity vary by gender, for example women can be unfaithful when they are not being satisfied by their partner emotionally (Tsapelas et al