What Psychology Says About Women Who Cheat - Macken Murphy

Macken Murphy is an evolutionary biologist at the University of Melbourne, a writer and a podcaster. Why do people cheat? Is it just the allure of novelty? Dissatisfaction in their current relationship? Fear of being left? Retaliation for their partner cheating? Macken's brand new study gives so many fascinating answers to these questions. Expect to learn what the evolutionary drivers are behind men's and women's infidelity, what this new science says about the Dual Mating and Mate Switching hypotheses, the top 3 reasons for why men and women both cheat, whether cheating is heritable, if there is such a thing as one and done cheating, the most common behaviours of somebody who is being unfaithful and much more… - 00:00 Groundbreaking New Research on Infidelity 10:09 Studying People Who Have Cheated 20:31 Are There Evolutionary Benefits to Men Cheating? 25:36 The Novelty of Infidelity 28:30 Most Surprising Research Takeaways 35:23 Can Women Separate Emotions From Sex? 46:20 Top 3 Motivations for Women Cheating 53:14 How Society Views Cuckolding 1:02:53 Men’s Motivations for Cheating 1:12:03 The Science Behind Jealous 1:20:28 What Are the Predictors of Infidelity? 1:28:57 How to Know if Someone is Cheating 1:33:22 What Counts as Cheating? 1:38:08 Can You Inherit Promiscuity? 1:44:33 People More Likely to Be Cheated on 1:49:16 Is Infidelity Natural? 1:56:19 Where to Find Macken - Get access to every episode 10 hours before YouTube by subscribing for free on Spotify - https://spoti.fi/2LSimPn or Apple Podcasts - https://apple.co/2MNqIgw Get my free Reading List of 100 life-changing books here - https://chriswillx.com/books/ Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic here - https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom - Get in touch in the comments below or head to... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/