I read the BBC's UK Love Map when researching for this blog post. The survey had 46,000 respondents and I was really surprised at some of the statistics that were shown.
1 in 5 married men admitted to cheating compared with 1 in 10 married women
The shocking thing about these statistics is the high percentage of married men who have had an affair. 43% of people in the survey were married which means that approximately 2000 men have admitted to having an affair compared with less than 1000 women.
Of course, women are clearly not innocent but it really bothers me that such a high percentage of married men admitted to cheating on their partners. I can sort of understand cheating in an uncommited relationship, but based on traditional family views, if someone is married they probably have children, a mortgage and so much more to lose.
Why is cheating acceptable, if there are so many people who would get hurt in the process of having a bit of fun?
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