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→Women tend to be attracted to the Dark Triad—narcissism, manipulativeness, & psychopathy
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Dark traits such as low empathy and cruelty may have proven useful in male intrasexual competition (Kruger & Fitzgerald 2011), so these traits and women's attraction to them might have co-evolved as a socially parasitic [[Reproductive success|reproductive strategy]] (Gervais 2018). | Dark traits such as low empathy and cruelty may have proven useful in male intrasexual competition (Kruger & Fitzgerald 2011), so these traits and women's attraction to them might have co-evolved as a socially parasitic [[Reproductive success|reproductive strategy]] (Gervais 2018). | ||
Dark behavior patterns may additionally serve as [[ | Dark behavior patterns may additionally serve as [[signaling theory|honest/hard-to-fake signals]] of high status as only high status men can get away behaving in an overtly anti-social manner. Status, in this case, is not only determined by aggression and intimidation, but also by [[LMS|income, looks]], [[IQ|competence]] etc. Men may also have been selected to mimic such dominance signals (Puts 2015). | ||
The fact that not all men exhibit dark traits indicates that men have evolved diverse strategies of [[statusmaxxing|status ascension]] (''prestige'' vs ''dominance strategy''; Kruger 2015, Gervais 2018). | The fact that not all men exhibit dark traits indicates that men have evolved diverse strategies of [[statusmaxxing|status ascension]] (''prestige'' vs ''dominance strategy''; Kruger 2015, Gervais 2018), which can be identified with a slow and fast [[life history]] strategy, respectively. Last life history strategists tend to exhibit earlier sexual maturation and less investment into the offspring when compared to slow life history strategists. Men and women with a fast life history tend to score higher in the Dark Triad (McDonald et al., 2012), in its extreme expressing as [[Borderline personality disorder|whiny psychopathic behavior]] in women and [[Asshole|cold psychopathic behavior]] in men. | ||
The sensitivity of this topic could even cause women to ''downplay'' their attraction dark traits because it contradicts laws and norms against violence as well as [[feminism|feminist]] ideals that women should be the equal of men rather than submitting to them. Women may thus be even more attracted to such men than they admit ([[social desirability bias]]). | The sensitivity of this topic could even cause women to ''downplay'' their attraction dark traits because it contradicts laws and norms against violence as well as [[feminism|feminist]] ideals that women should be the equal of men rather than submitting to them. Women may thus be even more attracted to such men than they admit ([[social desirability bias]]). | ||
Women's preferences for psychopathic men are possibly related to [[Scientific Blackpill#62.25_of_women_have_fantasies_about_rape_and_other_forced_sex_acts|rape fantasies]]. After all, it requires low empathy to rape someone. | Women's preferences for psychopathic men are possibly related to [[Scientific Blackpill#62.25_of_women_have_fantasies_about_rape_and_other_forced_sex_acts|rape fantasies]]. After all, it requires low empathy to rape someone. | ||
Research by Kardum et al. (2017) suggests there is modest to moderate assortative mating for all Dark Triad measures among heterosexual couples, meaning men and women tend to date others with similar levels of dark personality traits. Women with a slow life history may be less interested in men with a dark personality, but due to their agreeableness (especially compliance) and [[hypoagency|lack of agency]] they may abandon themselves to such men anyhow. | |||
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* Seffrin PM. 2016. ''The Competition–Violence Hypothesis: Sex, Marriage, and Male Aggression.'' [[http://doi.org/10.1080/07418825.2016.1216153 Abstract]] | * Seffrin PM. 2016. ''The Competition–Violence Hypothesis: Sex, Marriage, and Male Aggression.'' [[http://doi.org/10.1080/07418825.2016.1216153 Abstract]] | ||
* Eibl-Eibesfeldt I. 1989. ''Pair Formation, Courtship, Sexual Love.'' In: ''Human Ethology.'' Routledge. [[https://books.google.com/books?id=-CExDwAAQBAJ&lpg=PT6&ots=KctjD7Zprm&dq=Pair%20Formation%2C%20Courtship%2C%20Sexual%20Love&pg=PT335#v=onepage&q=Pair%20Formation,%20Courtship,%20Sexual%20Love&f=false Excerpt]] | * Eibl-Eibesfeldt I. 1989. ''Pair Formation, Courtship, Sexual Love.'' In: ''Human Ethology.'' Routledge. [[https://books.google.com/books?id=-CExDwAAQBAJ&lpg=PT6&ots=KctjD7Zprm&dq=Pair%20Formation%2C%20Courtship%2C%20Sexual%20Love&pg=PT335#v=onepage&q=Pair%20Formation,%20Courtship,%20Sexual%20Love&f=false Excerpt]] | ||
* Kardum, I., Hudek‐Knezevic, J. A. S. N. A., Schmitt, D. P., & Covic, M. (2017). Assortative mating for Dark Triad: Evidence of positive, initial, and active assortment. Personal Relationships, 24(1), 75-83. [[https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/pere.12168 Abstract]] | |||
* McDonald, M. M., Donnellan, M. B., & Navarrete, C. D. (2012). A life history approach to understanding the Dark Triad. Personality and Individual Differences, 52(5), 601-605. [[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0191886911005708 Abstract]] | |||
===<span style="font-family:'Linux Libertine, Georgia, Times, serif'; font-size: 24px; line-height: 1.2; font-weight: normal;" id="Women_are_more_attracted_to_psychopathic_men">More psychopathic men tend to receive higher attractiveness ratings from women</span>=== | ===<span style="font-family:'Linux Libertine, Georgia, Times, serif'; font-size: 24px; line-height: 1.2; font-weight: normal;" id="Women_are_more_attracted_to_psychopathic_men">More psychopathic men tend to receive higher attractiveness ratings from women</span>=== | ||