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.
Is It in a Woman’s Genes?
The theory that adultery is «natural» for men, fulfilling their Darwinian need to spread their seed, has been around a long time. But the connection women look for when having affairs may have evolutionary roots as well.
The theory, Fisher says, is that from the earliest days, women paired with a primary mate to have children. But as women went out to gather food, they slept with other men, creating an insurance policy to have someone who would help rear children and provide resources should their mate die.
«Women who slept around collected more meat, protection, and resources from their lovers,» Fisher says. «She might even have an extra child to Homosexuell squirt create more genetic variety in her lineage; if some children die, others will live on.»
That theory is controversial and can’t be proven or disproven eons later. That’s not to say that some women don’t have affairs just for the sex or that sex wasn’t important. But in general, women’s motivations aren’t just about sex.
“I don’t think women are doing it because they want to have more sex. Continuar leyendo