BUSINESS WEEK – Aug 16 – A new study by Christin Munsch, a graduate student at Cornell University, finds that men are more likely to cheat if their income is much lower than what their wife or female partner makes, while women are more likely to fool around if they make more than their husband or male partner. However, Helen Fisher, an anthropologist, said it makes sense that men with more money would be more likely to fool around. "He probably travels a lot and drives nicer cars, and he's probably in finer restaurants. He's advertising the kind of resources that women are looking for from an evolutionary perspective," she said. "Around the world, women go for men who are on the top of the pile." As for women, she said, wealth brings them a greater power to do what they want, whether it's leave a bad relationship or have an affair.
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