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→On average, women are attracted to the Dark Triad—narcissism, manipulativeness, & psychopathy
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==<span style="font-family:'Linux Libertine, Georgia, Times, serif'; font-size:40px; font-weight: normal;">''Personality''</span>== | ==<span style="font-family:'Linux Libertine, Georgia, Times, serif'; font-size:40px; font-weight: normal;">''Personality''</span>== | ||
===<span style="font-family:'Linux Libertine, Georgia, Times, serif'; font-size: 24px; line-height: 1.2; font-weight: normal;" id="On_average.2C_women_are_attracted_to_the_Dark_Triad.E2.80.94narcissism.2C_manipulativeness.2C_.26_psychopathy"> | ===<span style="font-family:'Linux Libertine, Georgia, Times, serif'; font-size: 24px; line-height: 1.2; font-weight: normal;" id="On_average.2C_women_are_attracted_to_the_Dark_Triad.E2.80.94narcissism.2C_manipulativeness.2C_.26_psychopathy">Women tend to be attracted to the Dark Triad—narcissism, manipulativeness, & psychopathy</span>=== | ||
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The [[dark triad]] consists of three personality dimensions: | The [[dark triad]] consists of three personality dimensions: | ||
* | * [[Narcissism]] (heightened sense of self-importance) | ||
* | * Machiavellianism (manipulativeness) | ||
* | * [[asshole|Psychopathy]] (low empathy) | ||
These traits are often quantified by a quick scoring tool called the ''dirty dozen'': | |||
# I tend to manipulate others to get my way. | # I tend to manipulate others to get my way. | ||
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# I want others to pay attention to me. | # I want others to pay attention to me. | ||
[[ | In a study by Cartera et al. (2014), 128 [[women]] were presented with male characters of varying degrees of dark triad personality. Physicality was held constant. Men with dark traits were rated as dramatically more attractive to women compared to control characters who lacked these traits (with >99.9% statistical certainty, p < 0.001). Furthermore, the attractiveness of these dark traits was not explained by other characteristics like extroversion. | ||
<span style="font-size:125%">'''Discussion:'''</span> | <span style="font-size:125%">'''Discussion:'''</span> | ||
It seems that while [[personality]] does matter to women, it does not matter in the ways they claim. Contrary to popular claims that women want a "[[nice guy|nice, caring guy]]," in truth, they are most sexually attracted and aroused by narcissistic, manipulative, and psychopathic men. | |||
The sensitivity of this topic may even cause women to ''downplay'' their attraction to men dark traits because such [[Female subordination and submissiveness|desires]] contradict laws and norms that prohibit violence as well as [[feminism|feminist]] ideals that women should be the equal of men rather than submitting to and desiring their power ([[social desirability bias]]). Hence, women may feel an even stronger attraction to such men than they like to admit. | |||
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). | 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). | ||