Indian women are the most uninhibited towards infidelity--41% of them admitted of having had regular sexual intercourses with someone other than the spouse, against 26% men. 53% of Indian married women admitted having already had an intimate relationship outside their marriage, against 43% men.
Section 497 IPC criminalised adultery by imposing culpability on a man who engages in sexual intercourse with another persons wife. Adultery was punishable with a maximum imprisonment of five years. Women, including consenting parties, were exempted from prosecution.
A 2020 survey by Gleeden found nearly 55 percent of the married people in India who responded to the survey accepted to having cheated on their partner. 56 percent of them were women. No woman could level such charges against men.
Who cheat most in a relationship 2021?
A study by the American Sociological Association showed that in heterosexual relationships, the spouse who earns less is more likely to cheat. 15% of financially-dependent husbands will cheat on their wives. Men are least likely to cheat when they earn 70% of their households combined income.
What are the rules of getting divorced?
The only requirement for divorce by mutual consent is that the parties should have been living separately for a period of one year or more. Section 13B of the Hindu Marriage Act 1955 provides for divorce by mutual consent where the parties have been separated for a period of one year.