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Question for both sexes : Why is cheating.........?

more tolerated if the offender is male, compared to if the offender is female. I mean in society generally (this doesnt apply to all situations) there seem to be gender bias when it comes to cheating. Like if a guy does it then people are more likely to blame the other woman or the wife is said to be partly blamed, and the guy doesnt get too hard a punishment...but when a woman cheats then she a who*e, and is unlikely be given a second chance etc why the bias?? is it fair for the woman cause she then to get things harder if shes the cheater or victim of cheating...and how come there are so many options for men to cheat like prostitutes, internet, willing woman etc..but there arent any male prostitutes for woman who want to cheat...isn't this bias also...im not supporting cheating but i dont like the fact that men are more likely to get away with it or easily be given chances but its like soooo taboo for women to cheat..ur opinions pls..TQ

Update:

i'm not biased..im supporting the women here, i'm talking about society not my views

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    i think men are more forgiving when it comes to cheating. men seem to let things go and not dwell. it hurts their pride, but they can see it as "it's just sex".

    in past decades i believe it was more "socially acceptable" for men to cheat because they held the power within the relationship, bringing home the money. it was almost as if they were entitled to cheat, and have the wife forgive.

    with the new age working class full of woman, i believe many woman have found this new power and thus cheat more often than before. but a hoe's a hoe, no matter male or female. no offense either, but i think women are a whole hellava lot better hiding their affairs then men. women have a 6th sense, and generally know when somethings different with their hubby. men can be quite oblivious to certain things. who knows, cheating is bad for everyone involved, and quite frankly it shouldn't matter if soceity views cheating b/w men and women unequal, because women shouldn't want to lower their standards just to be seen as equal...

  • 1 decade ago

    I think you answered your own question. There are more women looking for men . more female prostitutes than male and it's just easier to see what is there and what isn't there. The fact that women are frowned upon in the cheating situations is because she is the one who is assumed to be the care taker at home, the mother of the children and the man is assumed to be the one who goes to work everyday and brings home the money. That has changed drastically over the years with two income families but the perceptoin hasn't

  • 1 decade ago

    historically, another man getting into your woman's manhole, was considered a kind of mortal offense, with a mortal response considered reasonable.

    no man really wants to be caught scrutinizing another man's woman as she walks down the street. if caught by her man this action could cause temperatures to elevate rapidly.

    its like in the old west, a horse thief could be executed without trial.

    your woman used to be considered a sacred thing that could not be touched. i suspect there was a time when this was really true. however, i note in the middle ages, women had to wear chasity belts. and in the sultans harem, the male guards were castrated. ( no matter how good the salary, i would never work in any sultan's harem.)

    unfortunately, lots has changed in our time by computers, the internet, movies, chat, twitter and videos, not to mention the phone all of which facilitate communications, clandestine or otherwise.

    me, i am still an old fashioned guy. my woman is exclusive to me and me to her. put another way, i don't want anybody messing with my woman. keep life simple.

  • fnyunj
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    that's society's view, and society is stupid.

    All cheaters are seriously screwed up in the head. Divorce laws in all states should be changed so that cheaters get nothing.

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  • 1 decade ago

    ANYONE that cheats on a loved one is a P.O.S. in my book!!!!!!

    Goes for men and Women

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Show the stats, don't generalize without facts.

  • Cackus
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    It's not more tolerated, your just biased.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    MEN ARE SUPPOSED TO BE ASSHOLES

    WOMEN ARE SUPPOSE TO BE PERFECT

    JUST THE WAY IT IS AND ALWAYS WILL BE... WE ARE STRONG BUT YET THE WEAKER TIMID SEX..

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