What Does Doug Wilson Believe?

Women & Domesticity

Women Are More Prone to Cheating Than Men

I think if you're talking about straying, sexual straying, I believe that men are more prone to temptations like pornography, that sort of thing, and I believe that women are more prone, and this is I'm taking from 40 years of…

In Douglas Wilson’s own words: 1 quote from 2021, from The Gospel Truth, cited to the source.

I think if you're talking about straying, sexual straying, I believe that men are more prone to temptations like pornography, that sort of thing, and I believe that women are more prone, and this is I'm taking from 40 years of pastoral experience, women are more vulnerable to the temptation of actual adultery... I'm not saying that men don't cheat and I'm not even saying that women don't have problems with porn. I'm just saying the ratios are different... The man is almost certainly likely to have more temptations with pornography than his wife does, and the wife, if they've got a crummy marriage, if they're not running on all cylinders, she's going to be more vulnerable to someone at church who's nice to her or a counselor who's thoughtful and listens or, you know, that next-door neighbor guy who got the lawnmower started, whatever.

— Douglas Wilson, interviewed by Marlon Wilson, “Interview with Doug Wilson: Reforming Marriage EP 170”, The Gospel Truth, at 37:56, March 19, 2021 Source ↗