10 Reasons Why Men Cheat

6/2/2026

The title of 10 Reasons Why Men Cheat (2022) is a misnomer. What writer-director Joseph A. Elmore Jr. labels as “reasons” are lame excuses that only serve to defend selfish behavior rather than address the underlying issues at hand. Cheating consists of a lack of respect for the partnership and a yearning for something new. People cheat based on their personal desires and opportunities. You can’t justify it by listing out various subjective reasons. You can’t condense the complexity of human relationships into a Top Ten. Elmore, however, is not interested in rationale so much as in rationalization — specifically something along the lines of “men don’t cheat on women, women make men cheat on women.” Confirmed bachelor James (Keith Berry II) and his estranged former lover Jaguar S