Ask The Money Coach

A new study out claims that a man is more likely to cheat on his wife or live-in partner if she earns considerably more money. We found this to be the case when Sandra Bullock and Jesse James very publicly ended their marriage. Plus, Bobby Brown’s infidelity was the final nail in the coffin of Whitney’s ill-fated marriage to the less-wealthy crooner. But why would this be the case? Wouldn’t a man so financially dependent on his mate want to keep his partner happy, and thus keep the gravy train flowing? Not so. In this study that was just published, researchers found:

Cheating may be a man’s way of trying to restore his gender identity when he feels it is under threat, Christin Munsch, a sociology doctorate candidate at Cornell University, says in the study, which she authored and presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association.

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