There are recent studies have revealed another reason why men are cheating, that is because of financial problems. Actually, there are some things that trigger a person’s having an affair. But financial problems often lead to infidelity. Sometimes, not just the lack of money is the cause.

When men have wives or girlfriends who earn more of it, then chances are he is cheating greater. This was revealed by Christin Munsch, researchers from Cornell University. Christin dare to draw conclusions after conducting a study of more than 2,500 men and women.

In that study Christin found that as many as 7% of male respondents had an affair because they feel powerless as the husband / lover, the woman who caused the income is greater. They assume women will take over the Powers of man if sustained financial income more than their wives.

Christin, who is also a sociological observer added, the affair might be considered as a way to maintain male gender identity. This can be done when men feel threatened or intimidated to gender status (men tend to be weak if it has income less than their partner).

“Men will feel manly if you win to compete with its opposite,” said Christin, as quoted from iVillage.

Business Insider launch some facts about infidelity relationships with financial problems. The following are the facts:

• Women who earn more than his girlfriend are also likely vulnerable to cheating.
• Men who earn less than women, had an affair because they feel unhappy.
• Ideally, women should earn 25% less than husband or lover.
• Men tend to cheat if you have a girlfriend who always rely on him in terms of material.
• Despite the objections of his girlfriend earn more, he was also not like it if their partner is too dependent financially.

That is the perception about money. Apparently the problem is not just lack of money. Having income is not enough if we have wrong perceptions about money.