Though obviously men can also cheat in relationships and to a lesser extent on marriages, we have many studies that confirm women are the biggest cheaters in general terms.
Oh, trust me.
Proper studies such as this, confirm women are more likely to cheat on their men. It comes down to many social and biological reasons as to why this happens according to researchers. It's certain we can put the myth men cheat more than women myth behind our backs at this point, specially when it comes to marriages.
Skipping through many of the social reasons that we hear of so many times, l want to try and explain the biological reasons as to why this happens.
This take is not meant to excuse women for cheating, as to say it is biological for them to do so. There's simply no excuse for cheating and it SHOULD NOT be tolerated regardless of sex, and if monogamy is your ideal mindset when it comes to relationships and marriages.
Despite this, women may be more prone to cheat instead due to their hormones and genes. Women who carry a type of genetic mutation in the receptor for this hormone are more likely to engage in infidelity. The suggestion is carried by the study referenced above, by Dr. Brendan P. Zietsch, at the University of Queensland, Australia. Dr. Zietsch examined the link between promiscuity and the receptor genes of important hormones, like vasopressin and oxytocin.
Oxytocin aka "The Love Hormone" it's a hormone that acts as a neurotransmitter in the brain and essentially increases our drive to romantically pair up. It's released on many occasions, but most evidently during sex. Vasopressin is another hormone, similar in nature, which has a great force on social behaviors associated with bonding, like trust, empathy and, of course, hooking up.
In the study referenced before, Dr. Zietsch examined the link between the wandering eye and variations in the oxytocin and vasopressin receptor genes in thousands of people who had been in a relationship for at least a year. Why? Because mutations of the vasopressin receptor could also mutate one's own sexual behavior. Through the study, he found 6.4 percent of women, compared to 9.8 percent of men that year, had two or more sexual partners.
The caveat is Zietsch's study discovered there was an association between five different variants of the vasopressin receptor gene, which was only found in women who participated in infidelity. For years, we've know how oxytocin and vasopressin are associated with relationships, both found in the opposite end of the infidelity pool. Oxytocin is the reason one-night stands for women tend to be more difficult. The hormone supplies emotional bonding, so when women have sex, they release loads of it. This is why more often, women have sex with specific partners and biologically, they'll want more than sex. So much for "there's no difference between sexes".
Another study from Hasse Walum at the Karolinska Institutet (Institute) in Stockholm found that in women, there is strong association between one variation of an oxytocin receptor gene and marital antagonism, or lack of fondness for their partner. Similarly in men, this same predicament (of a lower marital discord) occurs, but in regard to a variation of the vasopressin receptor.
Women, basically, tend to lack fondness for their partners in the long run while men's fondness for their partners only increases long term.
It is plausible even when conducting studies in animals. When looking at voles, a type of rodent, Dr. Thomas R. Insel found vasopressin acted differently in different species. While the species are both related, montane voles tend to be more sexually promiscuous, and prairie voles are more of the monogamous type.
This only strengthens the fact women are more likely to cheat on their men as it is also in their configuration, aka "Female Nature".
This video confirms, once again, women are the biggest cheaters when it comes to relationships and marriage. A doctor reveals that 70% of patients who were cheating on their partners were women.
Shocking? Not really.
The biggest excuses used by these women were the following according to her:
- They didn't feel appreciated.
- Their partners didn't spend enough time with them.
- Their partners didn't spend enough money on them.
- Their partners did not give enough attention to them.
- They compared their relationship to other relationships.
If your girl ever thinks any of these things, chances are she's already riding another guy. But as Dr. Dion Metzger said, men are usually "don't see it coming" when this happens.
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