Sources on female species being more prone to infidelity?

Question

I'm looking for a topic to do my 10-20 page research paper on for school.

I remember seeing something on t.v. a few years ago that said the female human species is actually more genetically prone to infidelity than males. I thought this was interesting since most people think it's actually males. You know how in other animal species there's one or the other that has been scientifically proven to be so? I think it said that in most animal species it's actually the female, and the same with humans. I want to find sources (if any) to support this. I have other topics in mind, but I'm narrowing it down.

I think it would make an interesting paper if so. If it's true, my argument would be that along the way, over centuries men and society sort of switched the roles. Maybe men condemned women to being whores, s***s, tramps, etc., in an attempt to squash this behavior.

I've already found a couple sources that say women are by nature inclined to seek out alpha males to sleep with and father their children in order to make the human race stronger. It also said that they're likely to seek out a more nurturing male for emotional comfort, while still being attracted to the alpha male.

If anyone knows of any sources to validate or disprove this topic please let me know, so that I can narrow down my choices. Thanks.

Answer 1

Almost no species form bonded pairs against which there could be an infidelity. Humans are not one of these, and monogamy and fidelity are convenient and happy fictions. There are only four species on the Earth that do bond, and they include the beaver, the painted shrimp, and the gibbon. These never, ever, in any observed behaviors, exhibit any infidelity once the pair has joined.

Among hedogogically organized primates (of which we are one type, along with monkeys and gorillas), the typical behavior is for one alpha male to attract most of the females. When they are in estrus, they behave in a way that we humans would consider to be "S****y", to use your words (humans no longer experience estrus). They are largely ignored when not in estrus. The rest of the males, who do notreceivee mates, form a tightly bound "male cohort".

There is no concept of fidelity in this system. The alpha and other top males gettheirr picks, but will feel no hostility when they see a picked mate copulating with another male, even within what we would consider alarmingly close proximity. Furthermore, the females will not be upset by their alpha mating with another female.

Answer 2

Human males are more likely to have s*x outside of the relationship than females. This is backed up by theory and empirical data.  

Answer 3

I'm sure that I read somewhere that women are more prone to stray when they're ovulating because subconsciously they are looking to pro create.