Cheating....Why do we do it?

I use to always wonder why people decide to commit to relationships but then cheat on their partner. When it comes down to sex and fidelity, 60% of men and 51% of women believe they’re not having enough sex. You’d think that if over half of each gender wants more sex there would be some coming together on this front but this is one of those areas where clear communication is often lacking.

Recently I've conducted a survey for my Psychology Human Sexuality class. I wanted to dig deep and get a better understanding of this issue that occurs more than we all think they do. I've sat down with a couple of men and women and asked various questions. Based on the answers that came out of this research, I’ve gotten a lot of similar answers by both men and women. I was although actually surprised to have more men that was willing to take this survey than women. Now that I think about it, women are secretive anyway, so that makes sense. According to this survey, the main reason for cheating was lack of communication! Due to the lack of communication, the second main problem comes into play on why people cheat. With no communication, someone would be left out on what the other person want or need. If they don’t know what the other person want, need or desire….they feel like they would have to go to another person to get what they are lacking. So therefore, it all goes back to communication, which is the most important element in a relationship other than trust.

This blog basically just scrach the surface but in psychology, it goes deeper than you think!