Greater of Two Evils: Emotional or sexual infidelity?

[Dionysus]

The two usually go together, but for the sake of discussion...

I'd say that emotional infidelity is way worse.

Sexual feelings come and go. If someone gives into a sexual impulse, I may be able to write it off as them being extra horny (if I'm not putting out for some reason), too drunk, wanting more sexual variety in their life or whatever. At worse, a lack of sexual compatibility between us.

But with emotional infidelity, I feel this is something more deliberate. It takes longer for emotional attraction to build up than sexual attraction, usually. If someone sleeps with another person, I would feel as if I were sexually inadequate. That would really suck, but if someone bonds with another person emotionally behind my back, I would feel that they are rejecting me AS A PERSON.

By the way, I read that men are more likely to be more upset about sexual infidelity, and women are more likely to be more upset about emotional infidelity.