It is impossible to overstate the significance of this issue.
Men generally have a deep, intense, and abiding sense of fairness and honor.
Women, in general, seem to have no such unwanted restrictions on their behavior. Simply note the gender of the person quoted below. Trust is a lot like virginity, all it takes is one penetration and it is gone forever. The first time a woman hits below the belt she removes herself forever from the category of someone who will get unreserved cooperation, and instantly transforms herself into a creature of far less status and significance. Here is one of those articles that the media is using to keep pouring gasoline on the flames of the gender war.