People More Likely to Cheat as They Become More Economically Dependent on Their Spouses - Polidicks

[QUOTE]Although Munsch found that economic dependency increases the likelihood of engaging in infidelity for both men and women, there appears to be something that makes men who are not primary breadwinners even more prone to cheating compared to women who are not primary breadwinners. “Extramarital sex allows men undergoing a masculinity threat — that is not being primary breadwinners, as is culturally expected — to engage in behavior culturally associated with masculinity,” Munsch said. “For men, especially young men, the dominant definition of masculinity is scripted in terms of sexual virility and conquest, particularly with respect to multiple sex partners. Thus, engaging in infidelity may be a way of reestablishing threatened masculinity. Simultaneously, infidelity allows threatened men to distance themselves from, and perhaps punish, their higher earning spouses.” [/QUOTE] [URL="http://www.newswise.com/articles/people-more-likely-to-cheat-as-they-become-more-economically-dependent-on-their-spouses"]Source[/URL]

Makes sense.. if they have more free time, then they have to find other things or people to do.

Another study says assholes are more likely to cheat.

Another study says nobody can be trusted. :tinfoil:

[QUOTE=Bradyns;47859780]Makes sense.. if they have more free time, then they have to find other things or people to do.[/QUOTE] But if you're dependent on your spouse it could go against you horribly if you get caught cheating. Title should be 'People with more free time less likely to think things through'

[QUOTE=Bradyns;47859780]Makes sense.. if they have more free time, then they have to find other things or people to do.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Memobot;47859871]Title should be 'People with more free time less likely to think things through'[/QUOTE] If you guys actually read the article you'd know it's not talking about free time. It's more complicated and interesting than that. [quote]According to Munsch, in an average year, there is about a [b]5 percent chance that women who are completely economically dependent on their husbands will cheat, whereas there is about a 15 percent chance that men who are entirely economically dependent on their wives will have an affair[/b]. Although Munsch found that economic dependency increases the likelihood of engaging in infidelity for both men and women, [b]there appears to be something that makes men who are not primary breadwinners even more prone to cheating compared to women who are not primary breadwinners[/b]. “Extramarital sex allows men undergoing a masculinity threat — that is not being primary breadwinners, as is culturally expected — to engage in behavior culturally associated with masculinity,” Munsch said. “For men, especially young men, the dominant definition of masculinity is scripted in terms of sexual virility and conquest, particularly with respect to multiple sex partners. Thus, engaging in infidelity may be a way of reestablishing threatened masculinity. Simultaneously, infidelity allows threatened men to distance themselves from, and perhaps punish, their higher earning spouses.”[/quote] [quote]Among men, those who are completely economically dependent on their spouses are the most likely to cheat. [b]As the money men make relative to their spouses increases, their odds of committing adultery decrease until their total contribution to the pooled income reaches 70 percent. Men are least likely to cheat when they bring home 70 percent of a couples’ total income. After 70 percent, however, men become increasingly more likely to stray.[/b] “These men are aware that their wives are truly dependent and may think that, as a result, their wives will not leave them even if they cheat,” Munsch said. “They also might be cheating in search of a partner who will contribute more economically to the relationship. A husband who earns significantly more than his wife and has an affair — think celebrities, athletes, and politicians — is the type of infidelity that regularly makes front-page news, so I wasn’t surprised to find that men who make a lot more than their wives are more likely to cheat than men in equal-earning relationships or relationships where they make a little bit more than their wives. [/quote]

If you even consider cheating, let alone follow through with it, that relationship is over. Just move on.

[QUOTE=DestinyDstryr;47860038]If you even consider cheating, let alone follow through with it, that relationship is over. Just move on.[/QUOTE]It's only over if someone finds out.

Is being married to someone who is good at what they do and earns money for the house [i]that[/i] embarrassing/emasculating??? I honestly don't get why people do this. If you're that bothered by someone earning/doing more than you, don't get into a relationship, let alone get married.

[QUOTE=Pascall;47860084]Is being married to someone who is good at what they do and earns money for the house [i]that[/i] embarrassing/emasculating??? I honestly don't get why people do this. If you're that bothered by someone earning/doing more than you, don't get into a relationship, let alone get married.[/QUOTE] The problem here is that many people simply don't know what they want. They enter a relationship but only later find out that is not what they want.

[QUOTE=DestinyDstryr;47860038]If you even consider cheating, let alone follow through with it, that relationship is over. Just move on.[/QUOTE] What do you mean by "considering", being romantically or sexually interested in anyone else ruins any relationship you're already in?

[QUOTE=catbarf;47859924]If you guys actually read the article you'd know it's not talking about free time. It's more complicated and interesting than that.[/QUOTE] Interesting to note how the odds of cheating increase the less you contribute to the home finances.

[QUOTE=Rents;47860103]What do you mean by "considering", being romantically or sexually interested in anyone else ruins any relationship you're already in?[/QUOTE] Considering as in "tomorrow I'll visit Jane's house and we'll fuck" not "I have a crush on John but won't act on it" [editline]2nd June 2015[/editline] [QUOTE=Ragekipz;47860105]Interesting to note how the odds of cheating increase the less you contribute to the home finances.[/QUOTE] I wonder if "I'm not contributing much so I got not much to lose" comes into play in these situations?

[QUOTE=Pascall;47860084]Is being married to someone who is good at what they do and earns money for the house [i]that[/i] embarrassing/emasculating??? I honestly don't get why people do this. If you're that bothered by someone earning/doing more than you, don't get into a relationship, let alone get married.[/QUOTE] Human psychology is more complicated than that, especially when you factor in social pressures. I doubt there are many people who would say 'my wife makes more than me, guess I'll have an affair' but the article suggests that on a subconscious level, men who are not the providers in their relationship seem to feel they are failing to meet the societal expectation of masculinity and try to reaffirm their masculinity in other ways. Seriously, read the article, it's pretty short and has some interesting ideas.

[QUOTE=Pascall;47860084]Is being married to someone who is good at what they do and earns money for the house [i]that[/i] embarrassing/emasculating??? I honestly don't get why people do this. If you're that bothered by someone earning/doing more than you, don't get into a relationship, let alone get married.[/QUOTE] There's a lot of depht to be explored here. First, there's Hypergamy. Then there's the principles of masculinity that exists in a very primal level. And then there's social pressure.

This is a pretty interesting talk on the subject of infidelity that touches on economic dependence if I recall, worth a watch [url]https://youtu.be/P2AUat93a8Q[/url]

Basically money is loosely tied to dominence and loosely tied to cheating

[QUOTE=Sableye;47860347]Basically money is loosely tied to dominence and loosely tied to cheating[/QUOTE] And tightly connected to happiness!

[QUOTE=orcywoo6;47859826]Another study says nobody can be trusted. :tinfoil:[/QUOTE] Not even yourself.

[QUOTE=itisjuly;47860112] I wonder if "I'm not contributing much so I got not much to lose" comes into play in these situations?[/QUOTE] I'd argue it's more likely they want out of the relationship but since they're financially tied to their current partner they don't know how to get out.

[QUOTE]the dominant definition of masculinity is scripted in terms of sexual virility and conquest[/QUOTE] Ladies, just buy your man Civ and every thing'll be fine.

[QUOTE=CreeplyTuna;47865218]Ladies, just buy your man Civ and every thing'll be fine.[/QUOTE] Don't date a man who doesn't already own Civ

[QUOTE=CreeplyTuna;47865218]Ladies, just buy your man Civ and every thing'll be fine.[/QUOTE] its true, after playing civ for nearly 20 hours straight i've lost all interest, romantic or sexual, in women. it is all reserved for conquest now

[QUOTE=itisjuly;47859783]Another study says assholes are more likely to cheat.[/QUOTE] And anyone can be an asshole.

[QUOTE=Ninja Gnome;47865770]its true, after playing civ for nearly 20 hours straight i've lost all interest, romantic or sexual, in women. it is all reserved for conquest now[/QUOTE] why not conquering the bed? you can act like Gandhi, pretend that condoms are nukes.

I feel like this is a two-way street, yes if you completely finance the relationship and don't really let your spouse do anything for the relationship, they're most likely going to find a relationship that they at least feel important in, (By which I mean banging other people and feeling important because sex). However, there is so much more to a relationship than money, like how you treat the other and how you show you care, I have never cheated on anyone because I really don't see the point of being in a relationship if you're just going to fuck around with other people. I've been with my girlfriend for two and a half years and with her going to school full-time and me working almost full-time, we're both plenty busy with the relationship we have now, I couldn't even imagine making either of our lives more stressful by cheating. Pro Tip: If you want to bang a bunch of different people, don't get into a committed relationship, seriously it sounds like common sense but I know so many people that just fuck around with their significant other and its like they don't realize that you can be single and have sex.