Evolutionary Psychology and Infidelity
Most colleges offer Psychology courses but few offer the perspective of Evolutionary Psychology and Infidelity. There is a lot of research which shows that men are more prone to infidelity and this is due to evolutionary reasons. From and evolutionary perspective, it is better for men to “sow their seed” as much as possible so that their genes will be passed down.
In a lot of ancient traditions, men were allowed to have many wives theories of Evolutionary Psychology and Infidelity contend that this is due to the nature of men to want to be with a variety of partners. This is shown in the extreme in research done in the gay community versus the lesbian community. Research in the gay communities show that men have many more partners in general while lesbians prefer to be in monogamous relationships.
It is interesting to note that men are not the only ones who commit infidelity. Studies have shown that while women are ovulating they are more likely to seek numerous partners. In fact, 1 out of every 400 set of fraternal twins are actually from different fathers. Evolutionary Psychology and Infidelity would content that this is because women are trying to find the best genetic partners when they are their most fertile.
People would be shocked to know the extent to which Evolutionary Psychology and Infidelity are linked. We think of monogamy as being the most natural state of being when in fact, infidelity has been around for as long as people have been on earth.
Infidelity is a huge problem because when a man and woman are in a committed relationship then they are able to raise their children together- but when a partner cheats, then they set themselves up to create an unbalanced family with children being raised by various mothers, or mothers raising the children of various fathers. While this can be managed, it does produce far more complications than the tradidional family system does.
