I personally believe this is the reason men stray. I tried to find the study, but couldn’t. Several years ago I read that 80% of all the white males in Europe were genetically linked to 10 different genetic lines. Apparently only the males can be traced because of the X chromosome. That’s a lot of seed to spread.
Why do women cheat? Just like men, a variety of reasons, but I believe it centers around security or raw sexual desire. I have read that when a woman is thinking sexually she will choose a good looking man and consider his social / financial status very little. If she is considering a man for any other reason, his social and financial status is paramount and looks are far down the list.
Originally Posted by OliviaHoward
I agree with that. Given that fact there was another study conducted where they found that many women have cuckoo`s children and the fathers are not the real fathers.
The study was not intended to find that , it was intended for some other purpose but during the course of that study was found that a significant amount of children (25% but i am not sure of it) was NOT of the ones who thought to be the fathers. :-) (lol)
I think security vs. excitement and passion is the usual deal that keeps people married vs. cheating or lets them fall apart and together again. Marriage as an institution has been there to provide stability and to keep measures of insecurity (amour fous and extreme passion) out of it. There have been written books of how to be a proper husband and a proper wife, and all that (what is seen between escorts and clients or lovers and such) is considered inappropriate within the boundaries of marriage.
That also explains why the sexual desire goes down . But other styles of attachments grow and they contain stability and intimacy.
The raw sexual pleasures probably have place elsewhere where stability is not sought of nor an issue.