Sunday, July 31, 2011

Mighty Men Vulnerable cheating?

Bill Clinton and Silvio Berlusconi is a bit of a row of names of politicians who revealed his affair scandal in the media. It was not a coincidence if they are men, rich and holds an important position in its field.


As a man with an account worth billions, would not be difficult for them to attract the girls. However, according to research Joris Lammers, assistant professor of psychology, expertise in the men pick up women were more influenced by the factors of power. "The higher a person's power and position, the more likely they are having an affair," he said.


Of course high position and social status as people who had contributed to determining a policy making power is in the hand.
In his research, Lammers conducted a survey on the internet to the 1561 readers of business magazines in the Netherlands. Approximately 58 percent of respondents have a non-managerial positions is low, 22 percent have management responsibilities, 14 percent are middle managers and 6 percent are in the corporate executive level.


The higher one's position in the hierarchy, whether male or female, the higher the chances of that person for cheating. Interestingly, it turns out they are being unfaithful is not due to chance, such as frequent business trips, but because of the high position increasing confidence.
"Our study demonstrates the power that one has a big influence on self-esteem. Power also gives a sense you can get them all and dare to take risks," Lammers said that his research review published in the journal Psychological Science.


He added that the conviction could get everything it's not just lead to misuse in terms of marital fidelity but also fidelity to the code of ethics of work.
Unfortunately the results of this study does not answer whether the men eyeing a woman's power to obtain, so that could explain gender differences in the sex scandal. This study is also limited sampling on the internet.


On the other hand, Christopher Ryan, a psychologist and author of Sex at Dawn: The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality, say, different from men, for women it makes them feel powerful and confident is the physical beauty.
Sources: Time

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