Cheater’s site exposed, only 3% of women, 5% of men cheat annually
Posted on March 31, 2011
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The website designed for married people looking for an affair has been exposed by Redbook magazine, April 2011 issue, and was reamed on The Today Show.
And if you wish to see a reader’s exchange when I wrote about this several years ago refusing to mention the name of the site, please go to: Rita Watson: Overselling infidelity on the Internet |Sunday, Aug 1, 2010 (interviews with Professor Edward O. Laumann, University of Chicago and Dr.Ruth Westheimer )
The cheater’s website that would have us believe their 8 million so-called members are involved in cheating was infiltrated by two reporters. If the public relied on accurate statistics from surveys funded by the National Science Foundation instead of Internet hype they could easily deduce the truth about this site. Ever since the Eliot Spitzer scandal many people associate the name with a place that attracts women who give men the opportunity to cheat.
First the truth about infidelity
The annual rates for women who are unfaithful averaged 2.3 percent and the annual rates for men was 4.3 percent.
These figures were told to me by the head of one of the most respected sources for statistics in the nation — Dr. Tom W. Smith, internationally acclaimed expert and Director of the Science and Culture section of the National Opinion Research Center (NORC) at the University of Chicago.
The National Marriage Project of the University of Virginia – examining NORC data –recently confirmed the figures noting that over a lifetime just 22 percent of men and about 15 percent of women engaged in marital infidelity.
Next, the Ashley Madison expose
It seems that the guests on the Today Show were outraged by the website and it’s destructive tendencies. “Redbook editor-in-chief Jill Herzig stopped by the Today Show Tuesday with psychologist Dr. Jeff Gardere to talk about the magazine’s take on Noel Biderman’s controversial website, which has 8 million members.
“Herzig said that the most surprising finding from the undercover investigation was that many men on the site craved an emotional connection, not just a physical one.” AshleyMadison.com: Redbook Magazine Investigates (VIDEO) Be certain to watch the video links with this Huffington Post article.
Free membership offers
Also keep in mind that not all so called members are paying members – and some may sign up but never use the service because of the money involved. Here is a report about free membership offers in the Washington, DC area for Mistress Day. AshleyMadison makes it an affair to remember | Katy Adams
(This article will be adapted with additional links on The Examiner.com)
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