When a woman struggles with low self-esteem, she may seek attention and validation that she feels she is unable to find through her partner. She questions why anybody would think she’s attractive, and then when she has interactions with a man who gives her the attention she craves, it makes her feel good about herself. The affairs serve to prove she has value and is desired. But once it comes to an end, she goes back to feeling worthless and pursues the next affair, and the cycle continues.