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→On average, women are attracted to the Dark Triad—narcissism, manipulativeness, & psychopathy
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<span style="font-size:125%">'''Discussion:'''</span> | <span style="font-size:125%">'''Discussion:'''</span> | ||
What needs to be kept in mind with such sensitive topics is that women may ''downplay'' their attraction to men scoring high in dark triad traits as such [[Female Subordination and submissiveness|desires]] contradict laws that prohibit violence as well as [[feminism|feminist]] ideals ([[social desirability bias]]). So in truth they may feel an even stronger attraction. | |||
A basis for such preferences on part of women can possibly be found in evolutionary biology as low empathy and cruelty may have helped outcompeting other men, or even killing others for access to resources (Kruger & Fitzgerald 2011), hence psychopathy in men and women's attraction to it may have co-evolved as a [[Reproductive success|reproductive strategy]] (Gervais 2018). | |||
Another possible explanation is that [[violence|violent]], callous and narcissistic behaviors are [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signalling_theory honest i.e. hard-to-fake signals] of high [[dominance hierarchy|dominance status]] which is determined, among [[dominance hierarchy|other things]], by [[SMV|good looks, financial capital]] and cues of physical strength. | Another possible explanation is that [[violence|violent]], callous and narcissistic behaviors are [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signalling_theory honest i.e. hard-to-fake signals] of high [[dominance hierarchy|dominance status]] which is determined, among [[dominance hierarchy|other things]], by [[SMV|good looks, financial capital]] and cues of physical strength. | ||
A high status man can "get away" with occasionally behaving in anti-social manner. | A high status man can "get away" with occasionally behaving in anti-social manner. | ||