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Science: Men More Likely To Forgive Women Who Cheat With Women
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Ben Yakas
Published Feb 26, 2011
Modified Feb 26, 2011
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According to a new study by a father and daughter team of psychologists, men are more than twice as likely to continue dating a woman if she has cheated on him with another woman than if she has cheated on him with another man. But wait, we learned yesterday that women don't even like to have sex unless it leads to commitment, or upping their market value, or something. Is it possible that women can only enjoy having sex if they're cheating on their boyfriends with another woman?
At least we know this study, “Sex Differences in Response to Imagining a Partner’s Heterosexual or Homosexual Affair,” used a foolproof scientific method to come up with their results: they asked 700 college students to imagine catching their partner cheating on them. Because no duh, college students are the best group to poll for questions and issues about relationships. Especially imaginary relationships!
The researchers, doctoral student Jaime Confer and her father, psychology professor Mark Cloud, also speculate that if a woman catches a man cheating with another man, the woman will think they're gay, because we all know only women are flexisexual. But who even needs to cheat these days, when there are now two apps on Facebook which will stalk your prey until they break up with the jackass they are currently dating, and let them know you're waiting for your turn.
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Ben Yakas is a former Gothamist reporter.
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