A recently conducted study by researchers at the University of Texas in Austin, has found that men are less likely to be made at their partners for cheating on them with another woman. The conclusion of this research was a result of assessing 700-tertiary students from the United States.

Participants were asked to believe that they were in a committed physical and emotional relationship over a period of three-months. The students were quizzed about, how they would have felt, if they would have found their partner was having an affair with someone else.

A part of the students were told that their partner was cheating with a man, while others were told that their partner was cheating with a woman. Apart from that, some were told about their partner's infidelity with many others, while some with only one.

Following the completion of the study, it was found that 50%-men would have continued to date their partner, if they had cheated on them with a homosexual relationship. However, the rate fell to 22% regarding heterosexual relationships.

Meanwhile, women were found to be less forgiving, as 28% would have forgiven men for a homosexual relationship. However, the numbers fell to 21% regarding a straight relationship.

According to researchers, the numbers were high among men, as they looked at a woman having a homosexual relationship as a chance to increase the number of sexual partners. Though, women looked at it as a possible chance of abandonment and also thought, that their partner was dissatisfied by their current relationship.