My point is, that women in the pre-birth control, pre-welfare mom and pre-liberation days were held to a much stricter standard than men, and were the ones punished for any sexual indiscretions, such as turning up pregnant unmarried, or having a child that did not resemble the father. The simple fear of social ostracism and a life of impoverishment, banished from polite society or the religious community, served to keep women in line. The incidence of infidelity by women was and is historically much lower than that by men until very, very recently.
I’m not sure there’s any way to document that. The understanding of genetics was non-existent for much of human history so a child could easily look like the mother instead of the father without causing much comment. Obviously a half-African child born to a Scottish mother would raise eyebrows but if the father were Jewish or Berber the child might pass.
It’s been observed by others more than once that women (some, at least) have a gift for deception. I believe that the sexes are nearly equally represented in terms rates of infidelity.