According to dating website statistics, these are the 7 most common professions of men who cheat.
Why do people cheat? This is a difficult question to answer. The reasons vary from person to person, and it is far from "only about sex". "People often think that the main reason people cheat is related to sexual needs," relationship expert Laney Zukerman tells Bustle. "Although sex plays an important role in life, most fence-jumping often begins as an emotional affair due to the addiction to attention and the tendency to get bored in a long-term relationship."
And looking at the things that people who cheat have in common is really fascinating because it can help us determine whether there behavioral patterns. The whole workplace is said to be connected with this. Ashley Madison, an extramarital affair website, is reviewing the data of users who have joined the service from 2002 onwards, found out what they are the most common occupations of female and male members.
These are the most common professions of men who cheat:
7. Medicine: 5 %
Interestingly, according to the website Ashley Madison, women who work in the medical field are the most likely to cheat (23 percent), but the trend is reversed for men - in this profession it is "only" 5 percent of men, jumping over the fence. Since it is a rather stressful job, one could conclude that this is how the valves are released, but this is far from an excuse.
6. Marketing and communications: 6 %
Marketing and communications professionals ranked as the sixth most common profession for men to cheat. Maybe people who they communicate well and sell stories, they can more easily avoid questioning their partner or their suspicion.
5. Finance: 8 %
"Only" 8 percent of men, who works in finance, jumps over the fence. For a job that is also quite stressful, you might expect a slightly higher percentage.
4. Retail & Catering: 8 %
Unfaithful men also include 8 percent of those who work in retail and catering. In this profession, he creates 9 percent of women who are unfaithful, which means that the sexes are pretty even here.
3. Entrepreneurship: 11 %
Entrepreneurs are in third place with 11 percent, the same number of percent are also female entrepreneurs.
2. Information technology (IT): 12 %
IT people used to be considered shy, but according to data from the website Ashley Madison, that is far from the case. He does what he does in this profession 12 percent of men who cheat!
1. Craft activities (plumbers, electricians, etc.): 29 %
Crafts made it to the top of the list! It is interesting, however, that they work in this area"only” 4 percent of women, jumping over the fence.
If your partner works in any of these fields, there is no need to panic - whether we will cheat or not is influenced by too many factors and it would be very difficult to point the finger at just one thing. "Just because some studies show that some people are more prone to cheating doesn't mean that everyone who shares the same traits will cheat," relationship counselor Jonathan Bennett told Bustle. "Whether we will cheat or not depends on several factors that go beyond biology. Some of these factors are moral values, the view of loyalty and even willpower.”
Of course there is several different reasons, why they cheat. But observing patterns in who chooses to cheat is useful, and if certain professions really are more prone to fence-jumping, perhaps further research can help find out why!
