Chapter
The Truth About Why Women Have Affairs
47:18 - 59:00 (11:41)
The mate-switching hypothesis is a more likely explanation for why most women have affairs. Women who have affairs tend to do so because they are unhappy with their primary relationship, emotionally or sexually, and usually both.
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Men are more likely to cheat out of a desire for sexual novelty and variety, while women who cheat are more likely to be emotionally or sexually dissatisfied in their primary relationship.
47:18 - 53:53 (06:35)
Summary
Men are more likely to cheat out of a desire for sexual novelty and variety, while women who cheat are more likely to be emotionally or sexually dissatisfied in their primary relationship.
ChapterThe Truth About Why Women Have Affairs
EpisodeDr. David Buss: How Humans Select & Keep Romantic Partners in Short & Long Term
PodcastHuberman Lab
The mate-switching hypothesis is a more likely explanation for why most women have affairs instead of the dual mating strategy.
53:54 - 59:00 (05:06)
Summary
The mate-switching hypothesis is a more likely explanation for why most women have affairs instead of the dual mating strategy. There's no concrete evidence that women have more long term affairs than men, but previous studies showed that women may time their affairs during ovulation to coincide with an increase in preference for masculine and symmetrical men.