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==Personality: Women are attracted to the Dark Triad - Narcissism, Manipulativeness, & Psychopathy== | ==Personality: Women are attracted to the Dark Triad - Narcissism, Manipulativeness, & Psychopathy== | ||
The dark triad is defined as: | The dark triad is defined as: '''Narcissism''', '''Manipulativeness''', and '''Psychopathy''' (insensitivity to others). This study assessed the personality traits women find most attractive, by presenting women with male characters of varying degrees of Dark Triad personality. Physicality was held constant. | ||
They found that Dark Triad traits were absolutely more attractive to women compared to the control characters who lacked these traits (with 99.9% statistical certainty). Furthermore, the attractiveness of these Dark Traits was not explained by other characteristics like extroversion. | They found that Dark Triad traits were absolutely more attractive to women compared to the control characters who lacked these traits (with 99.9% statistical certainty). Furthermore, the attractiveness of these Dark Traits was not explained by other characteristics like extroversion. |