Em & Lo's Wise Guys: Are Men Hardwired to Cheat?
Advice from three of EMandLO.com's guy friends. This week we ask, "Are men hardwired to cheat? More than women? To ask the guys your own question, click here.
Straight Married Guy (Ben): When it comes to sex, sexuality and attraction, men ARE hardwired for many things. We are hardwired to notice - men, women, whatever your sexual preference. We are hardwired to assess - breasts, ass, legs, face. We notice and then assess. Attractive? How so? What about these breasts is hot? What about those legs? How does the whole package work together? Men are also hardwired for sex - sex with a partner(s), sex with strangers, sex alone - and often times these three hardwires get crossed and that's where fantasies can come from. Or random pick-ups. Men are NOT, however, hardwired to cheat. Cheating = lying and deceit and no one is hardwired for that. Except for maybe pathological liars, but that's a mental illness.
Gay Committed Guy (Mark): I don't think we're hardwired for the kind of monogamy the question implies. There are too many places to look for answers - seahorses? Mormons? - but jokes are useful places:
Q: What does a lesbian bring on a second date?
A: A U-Haul.
Q: What does a gay guy bring on a second date?
A: Second date?
Straight Single Guy (Max): Hardwired? Certainly not. Why, there have been at least a couple of priests that made it through their entire lives without sex and I would say that that's being faithful. As for the rest of us, I'd say that there's a fairly good chance that at some point, in one relationship or another, we guys will cheat on a significant other. But I must wonder: do women understand what it's like to have this many hormones? Men have occasionally been mistaken for rational beings - but I assure you, we are not. Instead, we should be regarded as slick animals. We know a lot of tricks and we can sing such pretty songs… but monogamy? Don't get your hopes up. Not for this beast, at least. This is not to say that all men will cheat, and this is certainly not to say that all men are more likely to cheat than all women (because there are some scary female egos out there too). But again, men are animals. We will sometimes give in to our most basic (and baser) instincts. Sad but true.
http://www.emandlo.com/contact/Our "wise guys" are a rotating group of contributors, some of whom wish to remain anonymous and some of whom like the attention. This week'sStraight Married Guy is Ben, a writer and artist living in Los Angeles who runs AdultParlorGames.com. Our Committed Gay Guy, Mark, is a writer and teacher in NYC and our Single Straight Guy, Max, is a recent college grad in New England - both asked us to file them under "shy." To ask the guys your own question, click here.
