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From: The Daily Mail

Powerful people are the most likely to have an affair… be they men OR women

The Daily Mail:

One of the oldest accepted notions is that men are more likely to stray than women.

But scientists now believe that it is a person’s power, rather than gender, that plays the greatest role in infidelity.

A team of researchers conducted an anonymous Internet survey of 1,561 adults – the bonus of an online study being that respondents are far more likely to answer truthfully.

They found that there is a higher risk of unfaithfulness in people of positions of power, no matter the sex.

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