1. Infidelity

2. Infidelity
Defined as extramarital sexual relationships...are there other types?!
Sexual infidelity doesn’t benefit society, monogamy
is the norm because limiting sexual partners
strengthens the family, ensures the greatest
population growth & the support & socialization of
offspring
Most Canadians don’t approve
of extramarital affairs, a 2009
poll found that 85% of subjects
thought having an affair was
“morally unacceptable”

3. Most men who cheat are unhappy in their marriage?
True or False
Most men who cheat are unhappy in their marriage?

4. FALSE….56% of men who had affairs were happy in their marriage, according to a study by Helen Fisher, PhD, a biological anthropologist at Rutgers University.
By comparison, only 34% of women who had affairs were happy or very happy in their marriage.
Men are more likely to give sexual motivations for infidelity and less likely to fall in love with an extramarital partner.
Women are more interested in supplementing their marriage or jumping ship than men are.”

5. Infidelity is the leading cause of divorce?
True or False
Infidelity is the leading cause of divorce?

6. FALSE…Although infidelity is the main
reason unmarried couples who are living
together split up, the same is not true of
married couples. Married couples often
cite being incompatible or unable to
communicate as the cause of their divorce.

7. Infidelity It is difficult to determine rates of infidelity, a
2001 poll showed that 12% of
male & 6% of female respondents
admitted to having an affair
Men are more likely to have a
sexual affair
Women are more likely to have an
emotional affair
Infidelity results in divorce 65% of the
time

8. What Men Want...
What Women Want...

9. Reasons for Infidelity
Evolutionary psychology suggests that men are more likely to cheat due to a biological drive to reproduce (having more partners increases the odds of having offspring)

10. Opportunistic Infidelity
Another theorist suggests that
propinquity, or nearness, can
lead to infidelity. When
opportunity presents itself many
people will cheat, this represents
selfish & immature moral behaviour
as affairs are narcissistic
Succumbing to sexual desire
Driven by situational
circumstances

11. Obligatory Infidelity
Based on fear that resisting someone's sexual advances
will result in rejection. People may have feelings of sexual
desire, love and attachment for a spouse, but still end up
cheating because they have a strong need for approval.
In other words, some
people cheat, not because
they want to cheat, but
because they need the
approval that comes along
with having the attention
of others. 

12. Romantic Infidelity
Occurs when the cheater has very little emotional attachment to their spouse. They may be committed to their marriage and making it work but they long for an intimate, loving connection with a member of the opposite sex. More than likely their commitment to the marriage will prevent them from ever leaving their spouse. Marital problems have to be quite severe before a spouse will leave the marriage for another person. 

13. Conflicted Romantic Infidelity
Occurs when people experience genuine love and sexual desire for more than one person at a time. Despite our idealistic notions of having only one true love, it is possible to experience intense romantic love for multiple people at the same time.
In this case, cheating spouses, in their attempt not to cause anyone harm, often end up hurting everyone. 

14. Commemorative Infidelity
Occurs when people are in a relationship, but have
no feelings for that person. There is no sexual desire
or attachment, only a sense of commitment.
Justify cheating by telling themselves they have the
right to look for what they are not getting in their
present relationship.
It is important, reputation-wise,
that the present relationship last.
The cheater does not want to be
seen as a failure so they stay in an
unhappy relationship and fulfill
their needs outside of it.

15. Normalized in the Media?!