'Why Do Men Cheat? Because Sexism Ain't Dead'

Submitted by Mastodon on Sat, 2012-11-17 19:16

Article here. Excerpt:

'David Petraeus' cheating was somewhat, if not entirely predictable. As Lisa Belkin points out, the Men Behaving Badly phenomenon is quite common when it comes to politics: FDR, JFK and Slick Willie Clinton are three egregious examples.

It isn't just that male politicians who sleazy, but women in general are expected to stay attractive in middle age, whereas men don't have to because they still call the shots. I hate to say this but as soon as I saw Petraeus' wife's picture I said to myself: "poor thing, a once-attractive gal, who has gained weight and looks somewhat frumpy can expect that her famous husband's eyes will wander when he comes into close contact with a younger woman."

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Let's see if it gets posted:

So how does the author explain the FACT that women cheat at roughly the same rates as men? It's yet another example of convenient blinders-on anti-male bias being shown by people in the media, along with the author's blatant anti-male sexism. But the truth will out, as they say.

You don't think powerful female pols and appointees don't cheat? I used to live in the DC area and let me just tell you, it ain't no different between male pols and female pols or high-level appointees. It's just the press is in a much bigger hurry to report on men's "indiscretions" than they are to report on women's.

Read: http://abcnews.go.com/Health/women-cheating-men-study/story?id=13885519

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Submitted by Matt on Sat, 2012-11-17 23:12

Men have extra marital affairs because the desire to seek out new women outweighs the penalties for straying. This is called in the psychological world The Coolidge Effect.

The males of most mammalian species have a definite urge towards seeking variety in their in sexual partners. In the laboratory this has been called the 'Coolidge Effect' (Bermant, 1976). If a male rat is introduced to a female rat in a cage, a remarkably high copulation rate will be observed at first. Then, progressively, the male will tire of that particular female and, even thought there is no apparent change in her receptivity, he eventually reaches a point where he has little apparent libido. However, if the original female is then removed and a fresh one supplied, the male is immediately restored to his former vigour and enthusiasm.

The same effect is seen even more strikingly in farm animals such as sheep and cattle (see Figure, a demonstration of the Coolidge Effect in sheep, from Beamer, Bermant and Clegg, 1960). Rams and bulls are unmistakably resistant to repeating sex with the same female (Beamer, Bermant and Clegg, 1969). Thus for breeding purposes it is unnecessary for a farmer to have more than one male to service all his sheep and cows. A single bull can be relied upon to do the rounds of all the available cows, and a single ram will eventually service all the sheep in his domain.

Women on the other hand have affair to increase status via their hypergamous behavior. Hypergamy: The term is often used more specifically in reference to a perceived tendency among human cultures for females to seek or be encouraged to pursue male suitors that are higher status than themselves, which often manifests itself as being attracted to men who are comparatively older, wealthier or otherwise more privileged than themselves

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Submitted by OckhamsRazor77 on Sun, 2012-11-18 17:30