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1. The C-Word (Cheater): Infidelity as the Ultimate Threat -- 2.Researcher Seeks Cheating Husbands: Recruiting a Closeted pPopulation -- 3. "Men need their egos pumped up regularly": Primary Partnerships Sow the Seeds of Men's Doubt -- 4. "We need a witness to our lives": Outside Partners as Outsourced Relational Managers -- 5. "If I was a good enough man, she'd be jumping on top of me, right?": Marital Beds Breed Self-Doubt -- 6. "I seek a partner who actually wants me to make up for lost time": The Girlfriend Experience in Outside Partnerships Helps Reduce FOMO -- 7. "Guys who suck in bed are the butt of jokes": The Pressure to Perform -- 8. "It's my job to make her orgasm": Women's Orgasm Provision as Responsibility and Special Skill -- 9. So, What Does all of this Mean Anyway?: Making Sense of Men's Participation in Infidelity.

Introduction: why do we care if other people cheat? -- Who are these "bad girls" anyway? (and where did you find them?) -- A large penis is always welcome -- You're not the boss of me -- A gift you give yourself, but nothing comes for free -- Sometimes you just need a subcontractor -- Conclusion: the things you learn from bad girls : conclusions and implications resulting from this inquiry on women and outside partnerships -- References -- Index -- About the author

AbstractDespite the growing potential for multiplexity in our complex social world, social network methodology often does not adequately capture this phenomenon. Most commonly in research on egocentric social networks, when respondent designate a tie as both family member and friend, the tendency is to default to "family" prior to aggregation for analysis, potentially ignoring important and meaningful variation. As a result, relatively little is known about multiplexity in personal social networks, and particularly about individuals who are simultaneously kin and friends. To address this gap, we assess the rate of occurrence of kinship/friendship multiplexity, and examine characteristics of alters nominated as friends and kin in comparison to those with unidimensional functionality. We find that this kind of multiplexity is fairly common–comprising about one-fifth of kinship ties and one-fourth of friendship ties. Moreover, cross–listed alters are significantly different from those characterized in one function, serving in greater capacity in terms of provision of support, frequency of contact, closeness, and as resources for discussion of important matters. Our findings underscore the critical need to appropriately classify multiplex kinship/friendship ties to avoid making incorrect inferences about support processes and their effects on outcomes across different relationship types.