meatcleaver
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ORIGINAL: RedMagic1 Hm. Did the study differentiate between "cheating" and "having an affair?" My total and utter guess would be that men are more likely than women to cheat with one night stands or prostitutes, and women are more likely than men to have an affair (meaning multiple dates with the same person). Also, maybe the most interesting question with respect to this particular OP: were the women dating "up" or dating "down" when they had these affairs? Not that I buy into some linear structure like Alpha-Beta-Omega, but general question: does the woman stray because she is attracted to power, or because she wants companionship? Well I just googled and several papers were quoting a report that women cheat more than men. They aren't quoting the study I mentioned which was a few years ago, these were quoted by rightwing papers I wouldn't usually read. I suppose there is no set pattern about whether women date up or down. If we are talking about financially and jobs, the women who had an affair with me were dating down. Their partners were affluent and they were buying my art and hanging round my grubby studio. Yeah, I can see they were projecting a romanticism onto the situation. That being said, none had any intention of leaving their partners, they just wanted a bit of excitment and attention.
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