Men cheat more than women

Question

Cheating is more common than you think. If you’ve been cheated on before, don’t put all the blame on yourself. It’s not a one-in-a-million occurrence, and many people have been...

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This was a really interesting fact. I always wanted to know who actually cheated more and the information given was really helpful especially when I furthered the research and there were a lot of surveys and percentages given to support the claim. I did see that different age groups have different percentages and they fluctuate but I think this is because as the age groups go up the percentages get higher because of how long they have been with their partner.

Answer 1

While doing my research, I found the same answer as you. Not only are women less likely to cheat, but they are also more loyal in general. (RSM) However, the ways you define cheating alter the statistics a bit. Men are more likely to engage in sexual affairs, while women are more prone to emotional ones. However, when considering both aspects of cheating, men do still lead in the percentage of cheating. Overall, this claim is true, but there may be some variability in the number you come across based on the defining factors or age group.

https://www.rsm.nl/discovery/2014/are-women-more-loyal-customers-than-men/#:~:text=At%20a%20psychological%20level%20we,are%20more%20loyal%20than%20men.

https://www.mcooperlaw.com/infidelity-stats-2024/#:~:text=Men%20tend%20to%20cheat%20more%20often%20than%20women.,compared%20to%2078.6%25%20of%20men.

Answer 2

When researching the claim “Men cheat more than women”, I have found it to be true. While this article posted is a more recent study I wanted to look into an older article to note if this issue has been present throughout recent times and not just picked up on within the last couple of years. The article I decided complimented this case best had been from the Institute for Family Studies. From both these articles there's a clear understanding that at early ages, stemming from 18-29 specifically within the IFS study, regardless of gender, both men and women alike are known to have some level of infidelity. 

What I enjoyed about this article linked specifically is that they take into account how recent technology has shaped the ways people go about infidelity in the modern day. With them accrediting from a study in Computers in Human behavior study that: "8% to 25% of Tinder users are in a committed relationship while using the app". While the 2018 study couldn't take that into account it's interesting that within both trends as we age there's a spike in infidelity from men whereas women decline. 

Something presented within both articles is that potentially either gender may not be entirely honest or complicit to reveal whether if they have or haven't and there isn't a tried and true way to fact check, however from the 2024 article a 2021 study from Health Testing Centers who pooled 441 applicants who admitted to infidelity, "47.7% confessed within the week" to their partners regardless of if it was a man or woman who cheated. 

While both articles claim that this shouldn't be a globally accredited fact as it was simply from a pool case study it's interesting that regardless of the times and individuals men were found in both instances to cheat more. 

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0747563218303625

https://discreetinvestigations.ca/infidelity-statistics-who-cheats-more-men-or-women/#:~:text=According%20to%20the%20General%20Social,gender%20gap%20varies%20per%20age.

https://ifstudies.org/blog/who-cheats-more-the-demographics-of-cheating-in-america

Answer 3

 Cheating is more common than you think it it might be. If you ever been cheated on, don't put all the blame on yourself and get down. It's not an unusual event, and many people have gone through this event as well.

https://discreetinvestigations.ca/infidelity-statistics-who-cheats-more-men-or-women/#:~:text=According%20to%20the%20General%20Social,gender%20gap%20varies%20per%20age.

Answer 4

I found this claim to be true. The original post linked to a survey that proved that in fact, men cheat on average more than women, however it varies for age group. In the 18-29 age group, slightly more women cheat, but more men cheat in every other age group. The gap between the amount of women who cheat and the amount of men who cheat also gets significantly wider for older age groups, with 24% of men aged 80+ admitting to cheating but only 6% of women in the same age group.

https://ifstudies.org/blog/who-cheats-more-the-demographics-of-cheating-in-america

Answer 5

Research proves that men are more likely to cheat than women. This claim is supported by multiple studies and articles. According to the Institute for family studies, "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)." Men have had traditionally greater possibilities and social acceptance when it comes to having cheating affairs, according to a BBC news investigation that explores the impact cultural and societal expectations influence the need to cheat. This investigation supports the claim of men are more likely to cheat than women. Studies in the National Library of Medicine investigate the biological and psychological elements that influence the cheating. According to the study, mens greater testosterone levels and evolutionary effects may have an impact on the action of cheating. Males statisticlly cheat more than women due to social, psychological, and biological reasions even though you cant really catagorize cheating. 

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8703141/

https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-18233843

https://ifstudies.org/blog/who-cheats-more-the-demographics-of-cheating-in-america

Answer 6

This claim is very complex but when I did some research on this claim most results came back in support of the claim making it most likely true. According to this article it states that  " an estimate from the journal of Marriage and Divorce concludes that a mind blowing 70% of married Americans cheat at least once in their marriage. More reliable numbers from the US General Social Survey point to lower statistics for infidelity, but they are still worrisomely high. According to the General Social Survey, “twenty percent of men cheat compared to 13 percent of women.” This proves the point that men cheat and admit that they have cheated more often than women do, Article: https://hackspirit.com/infidelity-statistics/#What_do_the_numbers_say