Zicoflex The scientific
explanation
why
committed
men ogle
other
women, and
what it
means for
your
relationship.
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Most women have
caught their
partner's eye
wandering when an
attractive woman
walks by. No
matter how
monogamous and
faithful, the
visually stimulated
heterosexual man
is “naturally
programmed” to
want more than
one woman. Dennis
Prager, speaking
for the online non-
accredited
academic
institution Prager
University, claims a
man’s “built-in”
attraction to the
female body is all
due to evolution,
and at the end of
the day, “he wants
you.”
“Even men in happy
relationships will
still find some
women more
attractive than
their own
girlfriend,” Prager
says in the video
“He Wants You.”
Prager contests
men are inclined to
look at other
women simply
because they are
other women.
Although they are
excited by other
female forms, this
does not mean
they are
dissatisfied with
their own partner,
however.
Although Prager’s
statements can be
ludicrous and at
times misogynistic,
his explanation
does hold scientific
merit. A 2013
study published in
the journal
Archives of Sexual
Behavior found
unlike women, men
prefer faces
they’ve never seen
before when it
comes to being
visually stimulated.
Men rated these
women less
attractive when
they saw them for
a second time.
Researchers believe
the reason may be
that men evolved
to maximize their
reproductive
success by mating
with as many
partners as
possible, which
explains the
Coolidge effect of
why men are
aroused by the idea
of a new sex
partner than
women.
"Men are
programmed by
nature to want
variety, indeed
endless variety,”
Prager says.
However, he
assures insecure
girlfriends that if
their relationship
with their
boyfriend is solid,
they have nothing
to worry about.
Prager suggests
for women to do
away with their
primal fears of
losing him and
realize men may
ogle women, but
once they are out
of sight, they are
out of mind.
“More than anyone
else in the world,
he wants you. And
if you don't believe
me, ask him,”
Prager says.