Do men cheat more than women? It’s a question that can spark arguments about trust, relationships, and gender. But when the question was put to voters on Anketa, a narrow majority rejected the idea.
An Anketa poll recorded 207 votes on the question: “Do men cheat more than women?”
Fifty-four percent answered no.
The remaining 46% answered yes, leaving an eight-percentage-point gap between the two positions. The results show a divided response to a familiar question about infidelity, with slightly more votes rejecting the claim that men cheat more often.
But the question itself leaves room for interpretation.
The poll offered only two choices, “Yes” or “No,” without defining what constitutes cheating. For some, infidelity means physical intimacy outside a relationship. For others, emotional affairs, secret conversations, or online interactions can cross the same line.
As the American Psychological Association explains in its examination of infidelity, definitions of cheating can differ depending on the boundaries and expectations within a relationship.
That distinction matters when interpreting the results. Voting “No” does not necessarily mean someone believes women cheat more than men. It could also mean they believe both genders cheat at similar rates.
Who participated in the poll?
The poll recorded 207 votes, all from registered Anketa users, with no guest votes.
According to the available analytics, the voter profiles included 144 male, 61 female, and two nonbinary entries. Just over half, 105, were in the 35–54 age range, while 155 location entries, approximately 75%, were from the United States.
These figures provide a snapshot of the people participating, but they do not reveal how each demographic group answered. The available data cannot establish whether men and women disagreed or which answer was more popular within specific age groups.
The poll was also self-selected, with no documented representative sampling, weighting, or repeat-vote controls. Its results should not be interpreted as reflecting the opinions of the broader population.
Perception versus reality
The results raise an interesting question about how people perceive cheating across genders.
But there is an important distinction between what people believe and what research can establish about actual behavior.
For comparison, the General Social Survey has collected information about marital infidelity by asking adults whether they have ever had sexual relations with someone other than their spouse while married. That approach measures self-reported behavior rather than beliefs about which gender cheats more.
Anketa’s question was different. It did not ask respondents whether they had personally cheated, witnessed infidelity, or experienced betrayal. It simply asked them to choose a side in a broader comparison between men and women.
The results cannot tell us whether those opinions were shaped by personal experiences, cultural expectations, or assumptions about relationships.
What they do reveal is a divided response among the recorded votes. While 54% rejected the claim that men cheat more, 46% supported it.
And perhaps that’s what makes the question compelling. Cheating is often discussed as a gender issue, but the people answering this poll could not agree on which side of that debate was right.
The poll doesn’t establish who cheats more. It reveals what 207 votes say about the question.
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