Nurses Are More Likely to Cheat

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Nurses Are More Likely to Cheat refers to a series of memes and online discussions referencing surveys and studies that show that medical professionals, including nurses and doctors, are more likely to cheat than people working in most other fields. Started by a 2016 survey conducted by an adultery website, the topic first became a subject of viral social media posts and references in mid-2023.

Origin

On October 13th, 2016, the British tabloid Mirror^[1] reported on a survey conducted by adultery dating service Victoria Milan in which over 5,000 women who have cheated on their partners reported their profession. Among the responders, medical professionals (including doctors, nurses, etc.) were ranked third after those working in finance and aviation. Additionally, two of three unfaithful partners (65 percent) reported cheating at work.

On May 29th, 2018, Business Insider^[2] reported on a similar survey conducted by another adultery dating service Ashley Madison that found out that 23 percent of cheating women who took part in the poll worked in a medical profession, with those working in education and those self-employed ranking second and third.

On October 11th, 2022, X^[3] / Twitter user @theprophetdub made the earliest viral social media post referencing the studies, listing nurses number one on a list of "top 8 cheating chicks." The post (shown below) garnered over 3,800 reposts and 20,000 likes in one year.

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On July 21st, 2023, the X^[4] account @6ixbuzztv wrote, "Study finds that nurses are most likely to cheat than any other profession 💔," likely referring to the 2018 survey conducted by Ashley Madison. The post garnered over 4,400 reposts and 6,700 likes in six months (shown below). On July 22nd, the X^[5] account @DailyLoud made a similar post that garnered over 22,000 reposts and 130,000 likes in the same period.

The posts were followed by an influx of social media discussions about presumable infidelity among nurses and memes referencing it. For example, on July 21st, 2023, TikTok^[6] user @haminlaw made a post referencing the survey that garnered over 3 million views and 211,000 likes in six months (shown below).

The notion of cheating being widespread in medical professions continued to be a subject of memes and references in social media posts throughout the second half of 2023 and early 2024.