David Buss, PhD, is a founding figure in the field of evolutionary psychology, and a professor at the University of Texas at Austin. His primary research focuses are on human mating strategies, conflict between the sexes, and the psychology of prestige, status, and reputation. He is the author of several books, among them "The Evolution of Desire: Strategies of Human Mating", and "When Men Behave Badly: The Hidden Roots of Sexual Deception, Harassment, and Assault". www.davidbuss.com
79 percent of women fell in love with or became emotionally involved with her affair partner.
Affairs happen in all cultures.
Women who are unhappy with their regular relationship, either sexually unhappy or generally unhappy with their overall relationship, are more likely t...
The same is not true for men; there are studies that show that if you compare men who have affairs with men who don't, there's no difference in how ha...
Most men have affairs due to desire for sexual variety.
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And there have been, you know, maybe four or five leading hypotheses about why women do it.
And this is one area where I've changed my mind on pretty dramatically.
So early on, a former student of mine, Marty Hazleton, who's now a professor at UCLA,
and other friends and colleagues like Steve Gangestead and Randy Thornton,
put forward this idea that the reason that women do it is that they're pursuing a dual mating strategy.
That is, they're trying to get investment from one guy, like the good dads, but good genes from another guy.
Oh, wow.
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