Is it such an inconciveable notion that women cheat for the same reason men cheat, albeit with a feminine twist? The article claims men cheat because they desire:

1) sexual variety. Well of course. If you've only ever gone to one restaurant for one week for the last 5+ years, you're gonna crave a little variety, even if the restaurant is a 5 star. This holds true to both men and women.

2) a wish to reclaim captured youth. Now, this is perhaps not so true for women about recaptured youth, but it is similar in that it is about power and self-esteem. For women, I think it is more about body image. In this culture, sexually, I believe we really reduce women down to their physical apperance. Yes, yes, people can be attracted to each other for all different reasons, wakka wakka wakka, but sexually, looks have always been the predominant way to judge females.

So you take a female who is in a loving relationship. Chances are, she has always struggled with body image in some way shape or form. She knows her husband loves her; but does he love her because he thinks she is so attractive he can't keep his hands off her, or because she makes a mean casserole and held his hand during his dad's funeral?

I believe that at some point in their lives all women want to be treated like a piece of meat... sexually, at least. Yes, it's good to find someone who loves you for your full, complete self, but that's for a long term relationship, for marriage. An affair is raw evidence that you (as a female) are sexually desireable, that someone wants you so badly they would risk maybe their job, or their own marriage.

I mean, imagine the rush. Yeah, your husband loves you, but this man WANTS you. HAS to have you. Talk about the power. And who doesn't want power, especially sexually?

Of course, it could be so simple and broken down as women cheat for the same reason men cheat; a breakdown in communication. After all, we're all human, and regardless of gender we all have our failures and our struggles. Perhaps cheating is based not on gender, but on personality type... people who cannot adequately express themselves (things like boundaries, desires, dreams, emotions) are more likely to cheat.

As is the sterotype, men cannot easily talk about emotions, and women aren't very open about their own sexual desires. Even "Sex and the City," that beacon of female promiscuity and sexual freedom, demonstrated that these four women could walk the walk but failed to talk the talk. How many episodes were dedicated to them not being able to open up about what they wanted, their boundaries, what they wanted out of sex?