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Why Do Men Cheat?
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Him Girl
Why do men
cheat? Because they’re egotistical jerks? That's what most women would
say. Well, ladies, perhaps there is a more scientific explanation for why
men cheat. According to a 2003 article in Essence Magazine, men
want women to feed their egos. “What a man may be looking for is
admiration," says Shirley Glass, Ph.D., author of Not Just Friends:
Protect Your Relationship From Infidelity and Heal the Trauma of Betrayal
(Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group). "If he's feeling needy, an
affair can happen, and it's not just about sex." So what are some of the
other reasons men stray?
Glass says that partners who begin to look outside the relationship for
nonsexual intimacy are on "a slippery slope" that could easily lead to
betrayal. July notes a similar pattern: "When some men have affairs,
they're not intending to leave their relationships. It's more a situation
of their running away from a problem. They see the other woman as an
opportunity to escape from reality."
Another reason? "My DNA made me do it." That's a built-in excuse for
cheaters everywhere. But sex researcher Vern Bullough, Ph.D., author of
Science in the Bedroom (Basic Books), doesn't totally subscribe to the
theory that cheating is a natural instinct, a biological imperative. Like
other experts, the adjunct professor at the University of Southern
California says men cheat more to preserve their egos than to preserve
their genetic code. "Depending on his temperament, a man may feel that he
has to have an affair to show power," says Bullough. "Another way is to
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