WHICH ETHNIC GROUP IS THE MOST UNFAITHFUL (INFIDELITY)?

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Request for Question Clarification by scriptor-ga on 20 Jan 2005 16:14 PST

Relating to what religion and what standards?

Scriptor

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Clarification of Question by mkhmd-ga on 20 Jan 2005 16:48 PST

unrelated to religion (all religions) Marriage standards, all countries,etc.

How about cultures that allow more than one wife?  Would they be the
most unfaithful?

How about cultures that allow more than one wife?  Would they be the
most unfaithful?

NO ... the most enlightened.

I know when I was in Korea, it was an accepted but taboo practice for
a man to have his wife (who knew about the mistress) and the Mistress
(who knew of the wife) but it wasn't talked about. But very common. In
fact as one indigenous person explained, if one had a wife, and a
mistress, they were generally well to do, because they provided for
both.

Dear MKHMD- Your question is difficult to answer because cultural and
religious norms vary. For example, at the 1996 funeral of French Prime
Minister Mitterand, his mistress and thier teen daughter were
photographed standing next to his adult sons & wife. No one in France
was shocked.
     As others have pointed out, the majority of human cultures are
polygynous (i.e., allow more than one wife. VERY few allow more than
one husband). We think of monogamy as 'normal' because it is the
prevailing ideal in our culture.
     If you were to refine your question to: "Among married couples in
North America, what does research show about the prevelance of
infidelity among different ethnic groups?" you might have better luck.
    That information would probably require a rather exhaustive search
of psychological literature, so you would more likely get an answer if
the price were a bit higher.
     Other questions that you might prefer instead would be "How does
one choose a partner who is less likely to be unfaithful?" or "What
does research show about differences in interest in casual sex?"

Regards- writepro

I personally believe that infidelity is wrong.  

I would shy away from generalizing which ethnic group is have a larger
population of adulterers/-resses.  That's a basis for prejudice or
over generalizing people.

Families benefit from fidelity.  That I think is true.