Ranking of Countries with Most Faithful Women: Spain is Absent

The female fidelity ranking that does not include Spain

Where do the most faithful women on the planet live? According to a viral list circulating online, it is in the Philippines, Vietnam, and China. Spain is nowhere to be found. The ranking, more of a pastime than a study, has provoked an intense debate regarding its reliability and the clichés surrounding it.

A ranking of questionable rigor

The list places the Philippines in first place, trinc by Vietnam and China. South Korea, Brazil, and Japan complete the podium. The first European country appears in position 11: Ukraine. Italy holds 12th, and Russia closes the ranking in fifteenth place. The origin of the list, a link to a supposed study titled “15 Countries with Most Faithful Wives in the World,” includes no methodology. It is, at best, a perception survey.

Suspicion and criticism

The reactions were immediate. Some maintain that the ranking is a joke, incapable of reflecting a reality as complex as infidelity. It is argued that women are more or less alike everywhere, from Laponia to Indonesia, and that the results reflect stereotypes rather than data. Japan, despite its placement, is cited by several as a country where sensual behavior is particularly permissive, which would contradict its position on the list. The conclusion of this sector: the ranking measures women's opinion, not their conduct.

The historical anecdote of Charles IV

History offers a good counterpoint. When Charles IV, as a prince, boasted that his future vvife could not be unfaithful because a king was the best match, his father Charles III shot back an immortal reply: “Princesses can also be unfaithful.” And he was right: Maria Luisa of Parma, his vvife, caused one of the most notorious court scandals. Fidelity knows no ranks or borders.

Spain, absent from the ranking. Though perhaps fittingly so: in Charles IV's country, the lesson has been learned.