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Saturday, April 14, 2018

Who Cheats More? The Demographics of Infidelity in America

The last few months of 2017 treated us to a whirlwind of news coverage on sexual harassment and abuse, with powerful men from Hollywood to Washington, D.C. falling because of sexual misconduct. It continues into the new year, with Missouri Governor Eric Greitens the latest to fall. And most of these men are married.

When Time magazine picked the silence breakers as the 2017 “person of the year,” few people paid attention to the other group of women negatively impacted by the fallout—the spouses of the men who engaged in inappropriate or even criminal (in some cases) sexual behavior. To these women, sexual harassment/abuse also means infidelity.

In general, men are more likely than women to cheat: 20% of men and 13% of women reported that they’ve had sex with someone other than their spouse while married, according to data from the recent General Social Survey(GSS).

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7 comments:

Anonymous said...

they lie. Waaay more men. & I suspect women.

Anonymous said...

These numbers are by self-report. They are undoubtedly higher.

Anonymous said...

a sad time in our culture. without God and His Son Jesus Christ, it's almost impossible to live a good, clean, honorable, productive life; not Perfect, as we will never be perfect, BUT...Ask Jesus to forgive you and come into your heart for salvation. He came for ALL and waits for ALL.

Anonymous said...

1126....really? 21st Century honey and there's lots of forgiving to go around the world 10 fold. I don't see it happening anytime soon in one's heart. Unless its a heart transplant!

REALLY?

Anonymous said...

Oh for Christ sake Jesus embraced whores and was never married. What kool aid are you on? Jesus was a Jew and most likely looked like and was as successful as Woody Allen. People have such Disneyesque notions of the Testaments and they can't even find the Holy Lands on a Map and no socioeconomic understanding of the Ancient world and how adopted belief constructs were adopted by state hoods to vanquish and further exploit not only slaves but disenfranchised class. You can kneel on beans and and prey. Faith is not an evolutionary or economic model. No one gets out alive. Heaven is bankrupt with a waiting list. LOL.

Anonymous said...

Why does the law go after hookers and not the John's?

Anonymous said...

Why is prostitution illegal in the first place?