A new survey has found that high-earning, successful women are every bit as willing as men to use their power to attract younger lovers for quick flings
A new survey has found that high-earning, successful women are every bit as willing as men to use their power to attract younger lovers for quick flings.u00a0u00a0
A new academic study has suggested that women are inherently no more virtuous than men. It's just that, in the past, they have lacked the confidence or opportunity to stray.
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Like men, women are finding that power is a potent aphrodisiac, and they are giving in to the thrill of illicit lunchtime assignations and the sheer excitement that accompanies their transgression.
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Nor do they feel any more guilty or ashamed about it than a man would.
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Professor Joris Lammers, of Tilburg University in the Netherlands, who conducted an anonymous survey of more than 1,500 readers of a business magazine, found being powerful makes women more prone to be unfaithful.
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He questioned people, from top executives to ordinary employees, about whether they'd had affairs.
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They were asked how powerful they thought they were and quizzed on other factors including their feelings of confidence, and what they thought their risk of being caught was.
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The results revealed a strong link between power and infidelity, regardless of gender.
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"The strongest predictors are not religion or moral belief, but power and opportunity," the Daily Mail quoted Lammers as saying.
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"Power can undermine your morality and increase your risk-taking, and the effect of power on women is just as strong as on men," he added.
