Women cheat on men who don't do house chores, French survey finds

Women are more likely to cheat on men who fail to pull their weight when it comes to household chores, according to a major French study.

A poll of 10,000 female subscribers to Gleedon – a top site for married and unfaithful people – suggests that the best way to a woman’s heart is by doing the dishes and the vacuum cleaning.

Some 73 per cent of female members of the site quizzed on the matter claimed that they were driven to infidelity because their partner was found wanting in the house work department, from cleaning the toilet to emptying the washing machine.

Gleeden, which began in France but is now present in several countries, launched the wide-ranging poll in an attempt to pinpoint the key reason women were tempted to go astray.