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This tendency becomes evident when you look at female mating choice and the frequency wherewith that man has [[dark triad]] traits. Roughly half the time, female preference of bad boys over good guys is because women find the former more exciting, due to the potential for danger. These women perceive the latter archetype of men with manners and etiquette as boring. For the other half of hybristophiliacs, their preference for dysfunctional sociopaths and narcissists has more to do with the fact that they have very low-selfesteem and can't bring themselves to accept niceties. These women have some semblance of endorphin-opposing phobias, such as cherophobia or hedonophobia. | This tendency becomes evident when you look at female mating choice and the frequency wherewith that man has [[dark triad]] traits. Roughly half the time, female preference of bad boys over good guys is because women find the former more exciting, due to the potential for danger. These women perceive the latter archetype of men with manners and etiquette as boring. For the other half of hybristophiliacs, their preference for dysfunctional sociopaths and narcissists has more to do with the fact that they have very low-selfesteem and can't bring themselves to accept niceties. These women have some semblance of endorphin-opposing phobias, such as cherophobia or hedonophobia. | ||
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While men were attracted to a handful of female convicts like Casey Anthony and Jodi Arias, the degree of the attraction was much smaller than the attraction women hold toward almost all high profile modern mass murderers. It can also be noted that such women are physically attractive, whereas female hybristophilia seems to offer a rare exception to looks theory in | While men were attracted to a handful of female convicts like Casey Anthony and Jodi Arias, the degree of the attraction was much smaller than the attraction women hold toward almost all high profile modern mass murderers. It can also be noted that such women are physically attractive, whereas female hybristophilia seems to offer a rare exception to looks theory in rare cases. | ||
The amygdala alerts in response to fear inducing, sexually arousing, and disgusting stimuli. Then a more modern area of the brain guesses as to what is causing the amygdala to be on high alert, sometimes these guesses are correct other times wrong. For example, most people are disgusted by the thought of licking someone else's feet, which is the correct response. However, some people are instead sexually aroused, an incorrect response. We have evolved to be very good guessers of these stimuli, above chance, due to natural selection. Since fear, disgust, and sexual arousal all put the amygdala on high alert, an extremely physically attractive man, covered in blood, holding a weapon (such as Patrick Bateman played by Christian Bale from the American Psycho movie) is extremely arousing to women, leading to [[hybristophilia]]. This technically is also true for men's attraction as well. An extremely physically attractive woman, covered in blood, holding a weapon. However women are not nearly as violently fear inducing, or disgusting, lessening the impact of hybrostiphilal arousal in men. | The amygdala alerts in response to fear inducing, sexually arousing, and disgusting stimuli. Then a more modern area of the brain guesses as to what is causing the amygdala to be on high alert, sometimes these guesses are correct other times wrong. For example, most people are disgusted by the thought of licking someone else's feet, which is the correct response. However, some people are instead sexually aroused, an incorrect response. We have evolved to be very good guessers of these stimuli, above chance, due to natural selection. Since fear, disgust, and sexual arousal all put the amygdala on high alert, an extremely physically attractive man, covered in blood, holding a weapon (such as Patrick Bateman played by Christian Bale from the American Psycho movie) is extremely arousing to women, leading to [[hybristophilia]]. This technically is also true for men's attraction as well. An extremely physically attractive woman, covered in blood, holding a weapon. However women are not nearly as violently fear inducing, or disgusting, lessening the impact of hybrostiphilal arousal in men. | ||