Philanderers are very concerned with the stereotypes of gender, and are therefore uncomfortable when prevented from showing off whatever passes for masculine in their minds. Fearful of women and competitive with other men, philanderers regard women as prizes to be won or property to be acquired. Some who achieve reputations as erotic performers are really using sex to overcome their fear of women. Heroic philanderers like James Bond court danger with their sex. Psychopathic philanderers may be honorable in their dealings with other men and might even claim to feel guilty about their many seductions, but more likely they would feel unmanned and ashamed of themselves if they were not philandering.
Some philanderers merely take on sex as a hobby.
A few find wives or girlfriends who are similarly inclined, but most cannot tolerate open marriages or swinging because they can't stand the idea of their wives screwing around. It begins to seem that anyone who fucks outside a marital relationship will show up somewhere in these pages. Which of these we prefer is a matter of taste. A romantic affair is unlikely to arise between two philanderers, neither of whom is capable of romance. The marital arrangement usually involves a third person, but may rather involve a series of third persons or even a wide array of interchangeable alternate persons.