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So, last week we heard that supposedly more women are cheating these days. This week, we're hearing that we're not that good at it -- men are supposedly better at catching us in the act than vice versa.

Scientists at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond found that women were right about whether or not their partner was faithful 80 percent of the time, while men were correct 94 per cent of the time. Men detected 75 percent of the reported infidelities, compared with 41 percent found by women.

But men might be right more often because they're more paranoid than women. The study revealed that they also tend to suspect infidelity when there isn't any. The scientists point to this bent as one born from evolution: A man wants to be sure the kids he's supporting are indeed his own. And it might be a good thing, since the same study found that women "under-report" infidelities by about 10 percent. (Is that blissful ignorance or purposeful denial? Discuss.)

"We found evidence suggesting men may be more motivated to seek out information that resolves suspicions about the sexual fidelity of their partners, and this may contribute to their greater accuracy," lead researcher Paul Andrews said in the UK Independent.

But men who assume the worst may actually be projecting for their own transgressions (perhaps like Dennis Quaid toward Meg Ryan?). More men than women in the study had cheated, which we say is the pot calling the kettle black: If men have cheated or been tempted to cheat themselves, they're more likely to be wary that you will, too.

Tell us: Has your significant other ever been suspicious of you? Have you ever dated a jealous guy?

Also on Lemondrop: Some nice guys who wouldn't cheat on you in a million years.


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    Ben Stone (Seth Rogen), "Knocked Up." A beautiful woman with an unbelievable job agrees to unprotected sex with an out-of-work Canadian stoner, under the cinematic pretext of "beer goggles." Please let us know what she was drinking so we can buy stock.

    Universal

    Lloyd Dobler (John Cusack), "Say Anything." Oh, Lloyd Dobler. Now that we know that kickboxing was not, indeed, the sport of the future, following gorgeous, smart Diane Court to college in England without a job or prospects of his own just seems kinda pathetic.

    Everett Collection

    Andy Stitzer (Steve Carell), "The Forty Year Old Virgin." Steve Carell's hairy manchild had neither a driver's license nor a lick of sexual experience, but landed small business owner and hot single mom Catherine Keener. You know, cause he was so nice.

    Universal

    Chuck (Adam Sandler), "I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry." A homophobic firefighter so broke that he agrees to marry his male coworker for domestic partner benefits lies to Jessica Biel about his sexual history. She falls madly in love with him. Who wouldn't?!

    Universal

    Troy (Ethan Hawke), "Reality Bites." Unemployed musician makes romantic pronouncements about smoking Camel Wides and bitches at Winona Ryder even as he crashes on her couch and hits her up for free pizza. The love story of our time.

    ZUMA Press

    Seth (Jonah Hill), "Superbad." Aside from a rather impressive collection of obscene drawings, this paunchy, raunchy dork seems to have little to offer the cute, funny girl he gets.

    Sony

    John Beckwith (Owen Wilson), "Wedding Crashers." A gorgeous, altruistic senator's daughter falls for a "professional mediator" (who inexplicably never goes to work) who spends his spare time lying his way into parties and bridesmaids' underpants. Obvs.

    Everett Collection

    Ben Wrightman (Jimmy Fallon), "Fever Pitch." Boston baseball superfan and crap boyfriend constantly ditches his beautiful, successful girlfriend because the Red Sox "need" him. How adorable!

    20th Century Fox

    Dante (Brian O'Halloran), "Clerks" & "Clerks II." A chubby dude with a creepstache and a series of crap jobs that he loves to whine about. Catnip to women like Rosario Dawson.

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    Michael (Zach Braff), "The Last Kiss." A mopey man-boy cheats on his lovely, pregnant girlfriend with a college student, and she takes him back. In the movies, he's "conflicted." In real life, we call that "sleazebaggy."

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