Women Get Caught Less Than Men
It’s said that partners can tell when their significant other is cheating, but a new survey reveals that nearly 90 per cent of those who cheat, never get caught.
The survey, carried out by extra marital affairs dating site UndercoverLovers.com, found that 89 per cent of cheaters have never been caught in the act, and also discovered that women get away with it more.
Out of the 6,000 site users that took part in the survey (half men, half women), 95 per cent of women and 83 per cent of men said they had taken part in illicit activity without being caught by their spouse.
Undercover Lovers spokesperson Emily Pope says, “Many of our members, both male and female, have been philandering for years without being caught. Studies have shown that women are actually better liars than men, so it’s not surprising that female adulterers are better at getting away with it than their male counterparts.”
According to Dr David Holmes, a psychologist at Manchester Metropolitan University, women are having more affairs than ever (recent studies say the figure is around 20 per cent for men and a little over 15 per cent for women) but they behave very differently from men when they cheat.
Dr Holmes says, “Women are better liars because they're more psychologically sophisticated. Emotionally they make plans and have strategies, while men are more impulsive. The biggest difference is that women are much better at keeping their affairs secret. If you look at the studies into paternity, even conservative figures show that between eight and 15 per cent of children haven't been fathered by the man who thinks he's the biological parent.”
Cara Mason