Sex and desire: Why people cheat

People cheat. Men cheat and women cheat. But why do they cheat?

According to this article, men and women have different reasons.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, the top three reasons why men cheat are all related to sex. They're not getting enough sex. They're not getting the right kind of sex. They want to take advantage of an opportunity where they can have sex without getting caught.

But for women, the top three reasons for infidelity don't have to do with physical needs but rather emotional ones. They want emotional closeness. They want attention. They want to be desired.

So what should we take away from all this? Women need to have more sex with their men, and men need to make their women feel more desirable? Is the key to a life-long committed relationship really that easy?

Perhaps if everyone just communicated their needs and partners actually listened and complied, we'd have a lot lower divorce rate. But I'm no therapist.

If you've cheated on someone, why did you cheat? If you partner cheated on you, why did he/she cheat? Is the sex/emotional argument for why men and women cheat too simplistic?