Study finds straight and gay men experience jealousy differently

By Stephen Beech

Jealousy over infidelity depends on whether you are straight or gay, according to new research .

Only the most heterosexual men are primarily jealous of sexual infidelity, suggests the study.

But homosexual and bisexual men are more jealous of emotional infidelity, in the same way that women are, say scientists.

Lesbian and bisexual women are also most jealous of emotional infidelity in the same way that heterosexual women are.

Professors Mons Bendixen and Leif Edvard Ottesen Kennair, from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), have spent several years studying infidelity and jealousy.

For a long time, the researchers interpreted their findings as saying that men are more often most jealous of sexual infidelity, while women are more jealous of