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Women with ADHD are significantly more likely to engage in infidelity than women without ADHD.

Impulsivity, dopamine-seeking and object impermanence can make resisting fidelity harder for women with ADHD

ADHD doesn't excuse infidelity, but it does ask us to look a little deeper before we judge.

Sometimes it's hard to be a woman, as the song goes, giving all your love to just one man. But how many women actually do? Research suggests we may never know the true picture, as many people simply aren't likely to admit to infidelity, making accurate data almost impossible to establish (Whisman & Snyder, 2007). It's still one of the great relational taboos of our time. While society has become more progressive on many areas of how people choose to live their lives, there is still little acceptance of extramarital affairs. You can tell people you're in a polyamorous, BDSM throuple and that is seen as acceptable, but divulge to anyone that you're having an affair, and you are most likely to be met with hostile judgement — particularly if you are a woman. Women are often judged more harshly than men when they transgress beyond the bounds of acceptable sexual behaviour.

Amidst all this secrecy around the intimate details of people's private lives, I am........

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