Research Finds Women Are More Likely To Cheat In Relationships Than Men

It is a view that men tend to cheat more in a relationship than women, however many research indicates that women are more likely to cheat.

As per Body and Soul, science says women struggle more than men when it comes to staying faithful in relationships. A survey done in India also indicated the same.

Women Cheat More Than Men In India

A survey titled "Why do women commit adultery" by Gleeden.com, the first extramarital dating website in India, found that 55% of married Indians have been unfaithful to their partner at least once and out of them 56% were women.

The research was conducted among individuals between the age of 25 and 50 from across Mumbai, Bengaluru, Delhi, Chennai, Pune, Kolkata, Hyderabad and Ahmedabad.

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Why Do Women Cheat More?

As per the conventional thinking, women are more likely to cheat when they are unhappy with their present relationship.

One of the other reasons is they believe that they can remain in their primary partnerships like this. As per good housekeeping, women outsource sexual pleasure in their relationships in an effort to remain in their primary partnerships. "They believed that if they continued to go without their sexual needs being met, they would have to break up their families and break their partner's heart. None of the women made the decision to cheat lightly. After years and sometimes decades of trying to improve things in their marriages, they decided to look elsewhere."

Sometimes, the reason behind cheating is that they don’t want to blow up a relationship that makes them feel trapped in some way, Charlynn Ruan, a clinical psychologist told the good housekeeping. Women attempt this as an excuse to give their controlling, manipulative partner a reason to leave them.

Some women cheat to keep their options open. This could be due to insecurity or to ensure that won’t get hurt or abandoned.

One of the reasons for cheating could be that they are in love with two people at a time.

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