{"id":54729,"date":"2016-02-27T21:16:31","date_gmt":"2016-02-28T03:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/?p=54729"},"modified":"2025-11-17T17:04:24","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T23:04:24","slug":"podcast-179-the-science-of-cheating-how-to-prevent-and-deal-with-infidelity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/relationships\/marriage\/podcast-179-the-science-of-cheating-how-to-prevent-and-deal-with-infidelity\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast #179: The Science of Cheating &#8212; How to Prevent and Deal With Infidelity"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"art19-web-player awp-medium awp-theme-dark-blue\" data-episode-id=\"fe21b49c-fad9-4b9c-a5bb-cba5fb297799\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p>Last year I had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/articles\/podcast-103-love-factually-with-dr-duana-welch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Duana Welch on the podcast<\/a> to discuss her book&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00QO35NM2\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B00QO35NM2&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=stucosuccess-20&amp;linkId=HTPR5B6UJJ6N5HPZ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Love Factually<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;we discussed what science says about what women find attractive in men, what to do on a first date, and how to nurture a strong, lasting relationship. We received a lot of great feedback from that episode, so I wanted to bring Duana back on the show. This time, however, we dig into what the science has to say about when romance goes bad. We talk about why men and women cheat and how to prevent it, how porn affects relationships, and the best way to break up with someone when the relationship goes sour.<\/p>\n<h3>Show Highlights<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Why men and women are unfaithful in a relationship<\/li>\n<li>Can men and women &#8220;just be friends?&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>What a man should do if he&#8217;s unfaithful<\/li>\n<li>How to &#8220;affair-proof&#8221; your marriage<\/li>\n<li>How porn hurts relationships<\/li>\n<li>How do you know when it&#8217;s time to end a relationship<\/li>\n<li>The script to use when you need to break up with somebody<\/li>\n<li>And much more!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00QO35NM2\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B00QO35NM2&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=stucosuccess-20&amp;linkId=HTPR5B6UJJ6N5HPZ\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-46224\" src=\"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/\/2015\/02\/lovefactually1-e1456512586652.jpg\" alt=\"Book cover, love factually by Duana welch. \" width=\"300\" height=\"450\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00QO35NM2\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B00QO35NM2&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=stucosuccess-20&amp;linkId=HTPR5B6UJJ6N5HPZ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Love Factually<\/a>&nbsp;<\/i>is a quick, yet information-packed read. Pick it up on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00QO35NM2\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B00QO35NM2&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=stucosuccess-20&amp;linkId=HTPR5B6UJJ6N5HPZ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amazon.com<\/a> or visit Duana\u2019s site <a href=\"http:\/\/lovefactually.co\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">lovefactually.co<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n<h3>Listen to the Podcast! (And don\u2019t forget to leave us a review!)<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-art-of-manliness\/id332516054?mt=2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-49206 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2015\/07\/available-on-itunes.png\" alt=\"Available on itunes.\" width=\"250\" height=\"92\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-49207 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2015\/07\/available-on-stitcher.png\" alt=\"Available on stitcher.\" width=\"250\" height=\"92\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/artofmanliness\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-49208 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2015\/07\/soundcloud-logo.png\" alt=\"Soundcloud logo.\" width=\"250\" height=\"127\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pcasts.in:443\/NwCI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-49655\" src=\"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/\/2015\/08\/pocketcasts.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" srcset=\"\" alt=\"Pocketcasts.\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/art19.com\/shows\/the-art-of-manliness\/episodes\/fe21b49c-fad9-4b9c-a5bb-cba5fb297799\">Listen to the episode on a separate page.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"hs-rss-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.omnycontent.com\/d\/playlist\/aaea4e69-af51-495e-afc9-a9760146922b\/6081eee7-c459-4e12-a1ab-aadc000fc4a7\/413a6904-4d72-4be8-9421-aadc000fc4ba\/podcast.rss\">Subscribe to the podcast in the media player of your choice.<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Transcript<\/h3>\n<p>Coming soon!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Last year I had Duana Welch on the podcast to discuss her book&nbsp;Love Factually&nbsp;and&nbsp;we discussed what science says about what women find attractive in men, what to do on a first date, and how to nurture a strong, lasting relationship. We received a lot of great feedback from that episode, so I wanted to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":54770,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42267,156,42285],"tags":[42291],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-54729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-marriage","category-podcast","category-relationships","tag-marriage"],"featured_image_urls":{"medium_large":"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Screen-Shot-2016-03-01-at-6.28.07-AM-768x470.png","large":"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Screen-Shot-2016-03-01-at-6.28.07-AM-538x280.png","reactor-320":"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Screen-Shot-2016-03-01-at-6.28.07-AM-320x196.png","reactor-640":"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Screen-Shot-2016-03-01-at-6.28.07-AM-640x392.png","rpwe-thumbnail":"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Screen-Shot-2016-03-01-at-6.28.07-AM-45x45.png"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54729"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54729\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":177388,"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54729\/revisions\/177388"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54729"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=54729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}