Ogling other women is good for your relationship
Posted by staff / April 27, 2011
An ogle a day keeps break-ups at bay? Science says yes, but women may argue otherwise.
A new study published this month in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology found that men are more likely to stray if their significant other scolds them for checking out other women. Researchers attribute this to the concept of the “forbidden fruit.” If forbidden from something, the subject wants it more—like Eve and the apple (or dieters and chocolate).
Full story at Men’s Health.
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Oh dear! men are there own worst enemies arent they? How can we ever be equal when they like to be treated as children! I do not a believe that being forbidden from something makes the person want it more, i do believe though that some men will look for any excuse to end a relationship and of course the best option is to blame the partner!
If a woman has cause to scold her man for ogling, he has already shown her lack of respect and also put her in a position to scold (or probably in his words nag) that no woman wants to be in. This to me shows a man is already out the door, he knows its wrong of course he does, and would probably go mad if it were the woman ogling men, but just needs to blame the woman for turning into a nag as to why he messed around.
I wonder what will happen if i continually forbid my man not to jump off a bridge.
Being in a relationship for a little over a year in which we live together, I have found within a few months that he stares at women without considering that i am looking at his doing it. I tried talking to him about it and explaining how it makes me feel but he becomes rash with me and says I am making it up. I have better things to do and wish to have a good time when we go out…not looking to get into this type of discussion. It happened again last evening at a concert when he stared at a woman during most of the concert. I was so very hurt and just watched him doing it. He notices that I had become upset and I told him why. He said that I was making it up and that I was getting worse in accusing him not better. He then threatened that this would end our relationship. I couldn’t believe what i was hearing and still don’t know how I feel about the situation. He didn’t to this when we first dated and now we live together. We are both in our 50’s. I am beside myself.