Research say that 65% of women and 64% of men know about their spouses fence jumping infidelities. One researcher said "People tend to know what they want to know".
Married woman who admit to pollsters that they have had extramarital affairs, half say, "But only to one man," or words to that effect.
The chances of a husband venturing out is directly related to his income. If morality has anything to do with it, that doesn't show up in the statistics. They indicate, simply, the more money he makes, the more likely he will cheat.
Professor Gwynne Jones of Leads University in England, "one in four wives can be expected to engage in extramarital romance". It's his notion that "numerous women - exposed to so much 'I'm worth it' advertising - have set out to prove they're as desirable as they have been told." Clearly they are.
Women's midlife crisis. A common phenomenon is where a woman in her mid forties, who has never flirted with another man, decides to have an affair. The researchers say a common reason given, "I am tired of trying to be perfect".
Usually, those disenchanted with their marriages first test themselves with convenient partners thereby. Not until they've passed their own tests do they go out in earnest to find partners they might actually marry.
Women in extramarital affairs take them more seriously than men do. Relationships have changed considerably, and they are changing ever. But nothing has happened to change that old generality. Studies prove women are far more vulnerable and far less casual in romance.
One scientist claims that there is only one mammal that has been proved to be absolutely monogamous, the California Mouse. And to think it is in California.
3 comments:
i thought that ducks also mated for life.
Nancy, Now you are forcing me to do more research.
Nancy,
You are correct, many other species are also monogamous, foxes, geese and eagles for example.
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