Hi,
 
I dunno about the "Bussian Hypothesis". Sometimes I wonder if guys  "believe" 
it because it is comforting to them and not because it is true.
 
OK the following is based, admittedly on casual observation NOT rigorous  
scientific inquiry.
 
On the other hand, keep in mind that most evolutionary psychological  
hypotheses are also contructed "by hindsight" and not on experimental 
controlled  
investigation.
 
1) I myself would not differentiate between my partner's sexual and  
emotional infidelity. I would be equally outraged. I've already been there and  
done 
that.
 
2) My best friend and I both know lots of women and lots of men. Overall,  
the women we know have had many more sexual partners than the males (because  
they tell us we are women after all).
 
3) I never fail to get a knowing laugh with the following joke in my Human  
Sexuality classes
 
"Ask a man and then ask a woman "How many sex partners have you had? For  the 
most accurate response - divide the man's answer by 2, and  multiply the 
woman's by 3."
 
Women may simply have learned to be better at hiding it because of the  
stakes - as mentioned in a previous poster's response - men are more likely to  
react with violence. Women cry and look dispirited (like Silda).
 
Nancy Melucci
Long Beach City College
Long Beach CA



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