Every affair is different, and so are every woman's reasons for her involvement.
Nevertheless, Rutgers University biological anthropologist Helen
Fisher, author ofWhy Him? Why Her?andWhy We Love,says men are more
likely to cite sexual motivations for infidelity and are less likely
to fall in love with an extramarital partner. Women, she says, tend to
have an emotional connection with their lover and are more likely to
have an affair because of loneliness.
"Women tend to be more unhappy with the relationship they are in,"
Fisher says, "while men can be a lot happier in their primary
relationship and also cheat. Women are more interested in
supplementing their marriage or jumping ship than men are -- for men,
it is a secondary strategy as opposed to an alternate."
Fisher has found that 34% of women who had affairs were happy or very
happy in their marriage. 56% of men who had affairs were happy in
their marriage
Nevertheless, Rutgers University biological anthropologist Helen
Fisher, author ofWhy Him? Why Her?andWhy We Love,says men are more
likely to cite sexual motivations for infidelity and are less likely
to fall in love with an extramarital partner. Women, she says, tend to
have an emotional connection with their lover and are more likely to
have an affair because of loneliness.
"Women tend to be more unhappy with the relationship they are in,"
Fisher says, "while men can be a lot happier in their primary
relationship and also cheat. Women are more interested in
supplementing their marriage or jumping ship than men are -- for men,
it is a secondary strategy as opposed to an alternate."
Fisher has found that 34% of women who had affairs were happy or very
happy in their marriage. 56% of men who had affairs were happy in
their marriage
