It's Cheating

Military service puts people at risk for a host of problems, including post-traumatic stress disorder, violence, substance abuse, depression, compulsive gambling and insomnia. Now researchers add to that list a risk many wouldn’t anticipate: a greater likelihood of cheating.

After analyzing data from a 1992 national survey, Andrew S. London, chair of the sociology department and a sociology professor at Syracuse University, made the following findings:

•    Military veterans are about twice as likely to have extramarital sex as married non-veterans (32 percent compared to 16.8 percent).
•    Veterans were nearly 10 percent more likely to have gotten divorced than non-veterans (38.5 percent compared to 28.9 percent).
•    Those veterans who engaged in extramarital sex were 2.3 times more likely to be divorced.

While the study didn’t include enough women to draw definitive conclusions, researchers believe these findings may apply to women veterans as well.

“The results of this study provide robust evidence that veteran status was strongly associated with an increased likelihood of extramarital sex and divorce – at least among men – and suggest that the odds of extramarital sex and divorce might also be elevated among female veterans,” said London.

It is tempting to blame military service for the increased risk of infidelity, assuming that prolonged deployments and the stresses of war put a strain on marriages, but researchers cautioned against jumping to such conclusions.

“We do not know from these data whether the extramarital sex occurred prior to, during, or after the conclusion of the respondent’s military service, and we do not know the military service status of spouses,” London noted.

Military service has a dramatic impact on all areas of life for military personnel and their families, including their sex lives. Rather than attempting to shame or blame military veterans who cheat, researchers hope that this research aids in the treatment of any underlying issues that contribute to infidelity. The people who serve our country need additional support to maintain the relationships that are critically important for their continued health and well-being.

Article discusses the paper titled “Veteran Status, Marital Infidelity, and Divorce” and it draws on data from a 1992 survey which found that 32 percent of veterans who were ever married reported extramarital sex.

According to a new survey by the Match.com of Adulterers, AshleyMadison.com they do. Women are more likely to send sexy messages and nude photos than men are.

Read the coverage on the NY Times.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/17/fashion/women-are-more-likely-to-sext-than-men-study-says-studied.html

Are a person’s sexting or sexually-charged online conversations actually a means to a real-world affair? Researchers from the University of Nebraska at Kearney have gathered research to support this theory, and their recent study findings are shedding new light on how the Internet may influence people’s sexual and relational behavior.

Published in the journal Sexuality & Culture, the study involved a survey of more than 5,100 people. Participants seemed to follow a pattern of behavior, in which sexting precluded cybersex, and ultimately led to a real-life relationship outside of an intimate one. Researchers summarized that when people get involved with sexting or online sexual relationships, this behavior seemed to predict that a cheating episode was likely to occur.

Females showed a significantly higher likelihood of getting involved in sexting – sending sexual messages and photos via a cell phone – with someone outside their relationship than did males. Sexting was also more frequent among women in their late twenties, as opposed to those older than age 30, according to a report from ARS Technica.

Of the participants in the survey who had been involved in online sexual relationships, about 75 percent said they had been unfaithful with a partner in the real world. However, in contrast to sexting rates, age wasn’t a significant factor in participants’ reports of having extramarital affairs or affairs outside of an intimate partner. Researchers speculated that the opposite might be true – a person’s tendency to be unfaithful seems to escalate with age.

The study is also prompting researchers to look at how increased use of the Internet for sexual purposes is still encouraging people to seek real-world partners, even when the relationship begins online.

Just as alcoholism runs in families, so apparently does cheating.

Might make it harder to get caught red-handed, but you can still get caught.

According to a new study about cyberinfidelity, sexting with people you meet online is a really poor substitute for sex. New research shows that
the majority of people who first cheat online end up cheating with their Internet lovers in real life.

Read more: http://healthland.time.com/2011/06/29/cyberspace-infidelity-cheaters-prefer-to-be-unfaithful-in-person-rather-than-online/#ixzz1QgYdvPF5.

Depends – to someone they know well, they think it will arouse the recipient. If they don’t know the recipient well it may be to arouse themselves.