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How Love Evolved | Dr. Helen Fisher

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Why Did Female Infidelity Evolve as a Mating Strategy?

In the evolutionary psychology and anthropology literature, there really isn't too much debate as to why males evolved to have affairs. So i'd be curious to know, in your expert opinion, why did female infidelity evolve as a mating strategy? I don't agree with any of those people carrying on about men being more adulterous than women. The bottom line is, to day, women under the age of forty are just as adulterous as men. And that is entirely possible because, ah, the ar restrictions of have been lifted.

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