Society conditions men to cheat

Men have been socialised to falsely view themselves as superior to women. Evidence increasingly suggests that this is the root cause of all infidelity. In 2010, a research team at the University of California published a paper investigating how patriarchal norms gender sexual relations. T hey concluded that “gender role conformity indirectly depresses sexual satisfaction for women but not men because traditional gender-based sexual roles dictate sexual passivity for women but sexual agency for men.”^[1] Men are conditioned from birth to see sex with a woman as a right. Men cheat because they subconsciously believe it is acceptable. This is not the only evidence of its kind. In a 2010 study at the University of Connecticut, researchers discovered that men who were economically dependent on their female partner were much more likely to cheat. Their conclusions pointed to the emasculating effects of this economic relationship, with men straying to "feel more masculine".

[P1] Male aspirations are formed by social norms [P2] Contemporary norms believe the ideal man is superior to women [P3] A believe in one's own superiority causes cheating