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Women Cheat Just As Much As Men

And Often Without Any Reason…

Mary Carter
5 min readDec 25, 2024
Photo by Carlos Santiago

Fidelity isn’t natural for either gender. The difference is that women carry the double burden of infidelity — not just the act itself, but the brutal judgment of a society that forgives men and crucifies women for the same choices.

The matter was never about morality. It’s about power, desire, and the courage to admit that both men and women are equally capable of breaking promises, seeking excitement outside the home, choosing pleasure over duty.

The body keeps secrets that lips never confess. A kiss mark skillfully concealed with foundation. Another man’s scent washed away at the gym before heading home. Messages methodically deleted, meetings scheduled in codes that seem innocent.

“Client meeting at 2 PM” means passionate sex in a downtown hotel. “Yoga class” translates to two hours of forbidden passion.

Female infidelity is a sophisticated dance of necessary lies.

New lingerie kept in a gym locker.

Secret email accounts. Self-destroying messaging apps.

A second credit card hidden in the makeup bag. Meetings calculated during the dead hours of the day — those hours that no one questions, no one suspects.

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