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/ˈɪzəˌbɛl/ pink 5
I've been reading studies of evolutionary psychologists about infidelity. Some assert that man is designed to detect sexual infidelity: a woman who allows another man to impregnate her takes her womb out of service, depriving her mate of reproductive opportunities. A woman's jealousy module is tuned to emotional infidelity, but she doesn't care much if her mate is unfaithful: a man will probably stick with his wife and kids even if he is sexually unfaithful, but may well abandon them if he actually falls in love with another woman. Newer studies show that men prizing sexual fidelity while women preferring emotional constancy is an old thinking. Men's and women's concerns vary greatly by culture: one country's harmless tryst is another's irreconcilable differences.
So here's a poll (and please explain your answer when you vote) to see the trend for the members here.
Which would make you more upset: your partner's sexual infidelity or your partner's emotional infidelity?
No corny answers like, "both will upset me".
I'm sure they would (well, unless neither bothers you), but try to measure which one of the two would you find more upsetting.
*my answer follows later
So here's a poll (and please explain your answer when you vote) to see the trend for the members here.
Which would make you more upset: your partner's sexual infidelity or your partner's emotional infidelity?
No corny answers like, "both will upset me".
*my answer follows later
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