REASONS WHY FEMALE CHEAT

In a committed relationship, nothing
hurts more, or is harder to recover from
than infidelity. The subject of infidelity
and cheating partners have been picked
apart to a point of exhaustion and most
statistics claim, -as a lot of people agree-
that more men than women are prone to
cheating on their partners.
We cannot deny that female infidelity exist,
in fact some claim that it is on the rise, but
this trend does not seem to garner as much
attention as when it comes to the opposite
s^x. These days, nothing gets more tongues
wagging and more eyebrows raised than the
news that a celebrity has been unfaithful.
Jude Law, Jesse James, Tony Parker, and Tiger
Woods are very good examples. But shouldn’t
we consider the fact that these men only
made the news because they g0t caught?
Generally, female infidelity is more damaging
to a relationship. Don’t get me wrong, I’m
not saying male infidelity can’t be harmful,
but when a woman cheats, it is often the
death knell to a couple’s relationship. I came
across a story earlier today in Daily Punch
Newspaper, about a man who was apparently
convinced that his wife was unfaithful, so
much so that he attacked the poor woman
with hot iron leaving her with severe burns
and stab wounds.
You’d think that that is enough to calm his
demons, nope. Allegedly, after attacking his
wife, he also murdered their son just to drive
his point home. Well, if I’m an adulterous
wife and I come across something like this,
I’d immediately retrace my steps, cover my
tracks and make absolutely sure that no
evidence of my infidelity will ever be found
out.
The truth is that, women have always lied
about their s^x lives. We’ve been taught to lie
from childhood especially in a matter of
things that are sexually-related. From the 16-
year-old who swears to her father that she’s
never been kissed, to the 23-year-old woman
who states convincingly to the man, on the
first date that she’s only ever had one s*xual
partner, we get better at lying to protect our
virtue as we grow.
It is therefore obvious that while men might
exaggerate their s*xual conquests, the bigger
liars are women. Why do women lie? Because
we must, and because we can. In spite of
apparent equality and a more sexually open
society, we are still more harshly judged for
our s^x lives than men. I mean, can you
imagine a leading female politician having an
affair and her husband standing loyally by
her?
Due to the fact that a woman’s infidelity can
be hugely detrimental to the relationship and
her life in general, I think it is safe to say
that she would probably go an extra length to
hide her secret affairs from her partner. Isn’t
the fact that the late Hollywood actress,
Farrah Fawcett succeeded in having a secret
affair for eleven years without getting caught,
proof that women really are capable of more
than we think? In fact, the actress literally
took that secret to the grave as the affair was
only made public shortly after her death.
Yes, both sexes are prone to cheating,
perhaps it’s true that more men do cheat, but
the age old philosophical question applies
here;
“If a tree falls in a forest and no one is
around to hear it, does it make a sound?”
So, the question is this, are men really more
likely to cheat, or are women just better at
hiding their indiscretions?
By Olamide Oni