During our research on multile concurrent partnerships, many women said that they got more sexual partners when they realised that the partner they thought was faithful to was cheating.
A Namibian woman says: “If I realise that my partner has other partners, I always feel bad, and after that I also take the decision to have other partners, because I have learnt it from him. The other thing is also to see how he will react towards me if he finds out. “
A Tanzanian woman says: “Maybe he thinks that after marrying me I can’t fall in love with another man. Right now I have two and if a third and fourth comes my way I am not going to say “No.”
Rage that the husband is having unprotected sex with his new women, and the fear that he may bring the HIV home, also fuels the revenge affairs.
Talk about it
So what do you think? Does it make sense to take more sexual partners if your main partner is cheating on you? Who gets hurt whenyou decide to have multiple concurrent partners as revenge on your cheating partner? Is it your partner as intended? Or are there other people who you do not expect them to get caught in this problem who do get hurt?
