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Elliot Rodger's personal story is disproportionately cited by media because he exhibited [[narcissism|narcissistic]] traits and an unlikable personality, and this fit with their narrative. It has been claimed that Rodger's frustrated narcissism was a significant factor in his decision to undertake his murderous rampage, with this likely being a greater factor in contributing to the massacre than his autism,<ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1359178916301744M</ref> and that frustrated narcissism was also a factor in several other mass killings, as part of a theorized "path to intended violence" model, wherein narcissists seek violent revenge for the alleged insults they suffer in contravention to their elevated self-image, a purported example of such being the terrorist attacks committed by Anders Brevik, who was also diagnosed with autism. | Elliot Rodger's personal story is disproportionately cited by media because he exhibited [[narcissism|narcissistic]] traits and an unlikable personality, and this fit with their narrative. It has been claimed that Rodger's frustrated narcissism was a significant factor in his decision to undertake his murderous rampage, with this likely being a greater factor in contributing to the massacre than his autism,<ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1359178916301744M</ref> and that frustrated narcissism was also a factor in several other mass killings, as part of a theorized "path to intended violence" model, wherein narcissists seek violent revenge for the alleged insults they suffer in contravention to their elevated self-image, a purported example of such being the terrorist attacks committed by Anders Brevik, who was also diagnosed with autism. | ||
This essentially ties in with the common narrative that Rodger's massacre was motivated by sexual [[entitlement]], and it's indeed hard for any reasonable person to deny that Rodger was likely motivated nearly exclusively by sexual frustration, as he lucidly elaborated in his manifesto. | This essentially ties in with the common narrative that Rodger's massacre was motivated by sexual [[entitlement]], and it's indeed hard for any reasonable person to deny that Rodger was likely motivated nearly exclusively by sexual frustration (though a desire for high status also seems to have played a role, with status being conferred by women's approval in his eyes), as he lucidly elaborated in his manifesto. | ||
As an aside, while it has been claimed that Rodger had Asperger's syndrome, he was never diagnosed with this, instead of being diagnosed with PPNOS (Pervasive Developmental Disorder not Otherwise Specified), another Autism Spectrum disorder. | As an aside, while it has been claimed that Rodger had Asperger's syndrome, he was never diagnosed with this, instead of being diagnosed with PPNOS (Pervasive Developmental Disorder not Otherwise Specified), another Autism Spectrum disorder. | ||