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Whether you’re a man, woman, straight, gay, bisexual, married, not married—you name it—being cheated on always hurts. It’s the ultimate betrayal of trust. Most couples never get past it. They try, but getting over it proves too difficult. The one who was cheated on can’t shed the paranoia, or get rid of those traumatizing images in her head (if she caught the cheater in the act). Even couples who do get past it can tell you that it is not easy. Even though women experience the same, full spectrum of emotions and experiences as men do and even though we’ve pretty much accepted by now that women can have just as high a sex drive as men do (if not higher), people are still often shocked when they discover a woman has cheated. If she does cheat, one of the first questions people will ask is, “What did he do to deserve it?” That’s a very different reaction than male cheaters get. Here are misconceptions about why women cheat.
Women don’t cheat
First off, some people will tell you women don’t cheat. Well, they’ll say that most women don’t cheat and those that do must have super high levels of testosterone, be messed up in the head, and be basically like dudes. That’s not true. Soft, feminine, and emotionally well-adjusted women cheat. Women who have their lives together and don’t have mental instability cheat. Yup—cheaters can walk among you, fellas.
