Massive Number of People Admit to Cheating While on Vacation
Do People Really Cheat on Their Partners on Vacation as Much As This Survey Suggests?
The Story
Have you ever been cheated on? Or cheated on a partner yourself?
If a new survey is to be believed, there’s a decent chance it happened on someone’s vacation.
Apparently, there’s something called ‘tourist syndrome,’ used to describe people acting out or behaving badly while traveling.
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The Snapshot
A new survey conducted by Radical Storage found that slightly more than 2 in 5 respondents (41%) admitted to cheating while traveling.
That’s a huge proportion!
According to the survey, that’s just a shade under the percentage of people who admit to breaking the law while on vacay, which was 42.5% of respondents.
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The survey also explored a suite of other misbehaviors that people get up to while abroad, like posing inappropriately with statues or stealing or picking plants they weren’t supposed to:
The Lesson
It’s no secret that social context plays a huge role in people’s behavior. When all of that changes — when people feel like no one is watching — they’re much more likely to act according to impulse.
Which isn’t to say that a vacation guarantees cheating — just that it may seriously lower the internal and external barriers to infidelity in many people.
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So, if you’re in a monogamous relationship and concerned about one of you getting some action on the side? Consider traveling together. Then you can act out by having hot, uninhibited vacation sex.
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