One of the oldest accepted notions is that men are more likely to stray than women. But scientists now believe that it is a person's power, rather than gender, that plays the greatest role in infidelity. A team of researchers conducted an anonymous Internet survey of 1,561 adults - the bonus of an online study being that respondents are far more likely to answer truthfully. They found that there is a higher risk of unfaithfulness in people of positions of power, no matter the sex.
雖然傳統的觀念認為男人相對女人來說更容易變心，但是科學家經過研究發現，“變心”“出軌”是不分性別的，是存在於“權利”的基礎上“跨性別”存在的，研究發現：在事業上或者生活上的強人、能力比另一半稍強的人更容易變心和出軌。有研究團隊根據網上針對1561名成年人的線上調查發現這一結論，他們認為網調的“可信度”更高（因為在網上的匿名調查，人們可能會相對更願意透露自己的真實情況），網調指出：對於在職場中職位、地位更高的人來說，他們出軌、變心的機率會更高。而這一切，與性別無關。
Lead researcher Joris Lammers said: 'There has been a lot of research in the past that indicates that gender is the strongest predictor of infidelity, but none of these studies have been done on powerful women.' The survey was geared toward professionals. The respondents varied greatly in levels of power - 58 per cent had a non-management function; 22 per cent had a management function; 14 per cent were in middle-management and 6 per cent were in a top management position.
首席研究員Joris Lammers說：“雖然一直以來，有很多數據顯示“性別”在出軌機率上佔據很大的位置，都認為男人更容易變心，然而沒有一項研究關於‘女強人’在感情問題上的‘變心指數’。我們的這項研究中的調查對象囊括職場各形各色的人群，當然也包括職場中的成功人士，不分性別。在接受調查的人中，58%的人沒有管理經驗、22%的人有一定的管理經驗、14%的人屬於職場管理中層管理人員，而有6%的人有高層管理經驗。”
The study revealed two key discoveries to why powerful people cheat. First, there is a strong association between power and confidence, and the amount of confidence a person has is the strongest link between power and unfaithfulness. Second, the researchers found that among powerful people, gender made no difference in past digressions or the participants’ desires to cheat. And, the study said, we as a society do not hear about more women cheating because there simply aren’t as many women in positions of power as their male counterparts.
調查顯示，權利越大，出軌機率越高。在調查中，也解釋了為什麼權利越大的人更容易出軌。第一：他們擁有更加的能力和自信心。就自信心而言，自信心的強大使得權利與出軌之間的“等號”從模糊變為清晰。第二：“變心指數”的高低與性別無關。專家還解釋，社會之所以對女強人出軌關注度那麼高，是因為在職場中，相對男性而言，有權利的女人還是佔少數，對於女性、特別是女強人出軌的考慮就相對欠缺。
（編譯：韋方苑）