Anonymous wrote:I have 2 out of the 3 traits. Is that why I get so much male attention?

Anonymous wrote:Does this only apply to men? I am a Dark Triad lady who never had trouble getting dates. If you think of homemakers as "less worldly" you need to hear Chris Rock's take. It takes an extremely calculating person to mask emotions and manipulate daily as the most successful homemakers even do. The general perception of them as less intelligent -- and therefore, less threatening -- is a result of brilliant PR.

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Anonymous wrote:Crazy attracts crazy. If a person is attracted to traits like narcissism, Machiavellianism, etc., it’s probably a good idea for that person to look deep inside and ask why. If the person isn’t looking to be emotionally attached, then it might be harmless. But allowing yourself to have feelings for a person with dark triad traits - that’s a one way, self-sabotaging ticket to disaster.

Many of these men are experts at love bombing and masking that side---until you are a few years in. It's intoxicating and they usually pick women that can't fathom that someone can be that evil. There are studies that show they get 'high value kibble' from going after educated, attractive, nice women. I mean, if a high quality woman like that falls for them---they must be the sh*t. Those are the type of women they look to marry---but will end up cheating on.

As the study was summarized, at least, the women ranked these guys high on the dark traits and still thought they were sexy. So, I don't think this is just an issue with women not knowing what they're getting into. On some level, they know, and still like what they see.

These men are seen as 'alphas'. A male that copulates with lots of females and his fancy colorful peacock feathers attracts the women. Then, some other male can stay and raise the child they think is theirs. It's biological.

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Anonymous wrote:Crazy attracts crazy. If a person is attracted to traits like narcissism, Machiavellianism, etc., it’s probably a good idea for that person to look deep inside and ask why. If the person isn’t looking to be emotionally attached, then it might be harmless. But allowing yourself to have feelings for a person with dark triad traits - that’s a one way, self-sabotaging ticket to disaster.

Many of these men are experts at love bombing and masking that side---until you are a few years in. It's intoxicating and they usually pick women that can't fathom that someone can be that evil. There are studies that show they get 'high value kibble' from going after educated, attractive, nice women. I mean, if a high quality woman like that falls for them---they must be the sh*t. Those are the type of women they look to marry---but will end up cheating on.

As the study was summarized, at least, the women ranked these guys high on the dark traits and still thought they were sexy. So, I don't think this is just an issue with women not knowing what they're getting into. On some level, they know, and still like what they see.

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Anonymous wrote:Crazy attracts crazy. If a person is attracted to traits like narcissism, Machiavellianism, etc., it’s probably a good idea for that person to look deep inside and ask why. If the person isn’t looking to be emotionally attached, then it might be harmless. But allowing yourself to have feelings for a person with dark triad traits - that’s a one way, self-sabotaging ticket to disaster.

Many of these men are experts at love bombing and masking that side---until you are a few years in. It's intoxicating and they usually pick women that can't fathom that someone can be that evil. There are studies that show they get 'high value kibble' from going after educated, attractive, nice women. I mean, if a high quality woman like that falls for them---they must be the sh*t. Those are the type of women they look to marry---but will end up cheating on.

Anonymous wrote:Crazy attracts crazy. If a person is attracted to traits like narcissism, Machiavellianism, etc., it’s probably a good idea for that person to look deep inside and ask why. If the person isn’t looking to be emotionally attached, then it might be harmless. But allowing yourself to have feelings for a person with dark triad traits - that’s a one way, self-sabotaging ticket to disaster.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Crazy attracts crazy. If a person is attracted to traits like narcissism, Machiavellianism, etc., it’s probably a good idea for that person to look deep inside and ask why. If the person isn’t looking to be emotionally attached, then it might be harmless. But allowing yourself to have feelings for a person with dark triad traits - that’s a one way, self-sabotaging ticket to disaster.

Many of these men are experts at love bombing and masking that side---until you are a few years in. It's intoxicating and they usually pick women that can't fathom that someone can be that evil. There are studies that show they get 'high value kibble' from going after educated, attractive, nice women. I mean, if a high quality woman like that falls for them---they must be the sh*t. Those are the type of women they look to marry---but will end up cheating on.

Anonymous wrote:Crazy attracts crazy. If a person is attracted to traits like narcissism, Machiavellianism, etc., it’s probably a good idea for that person to look deep inside and ask why. If the person isn’t looking to be emotionally attached, then it might be harmless. But allowing yourself to have feelings for a person with dark triad traits - that’s a one way, self-sabotaging ticket to disaster.

Anonymous wrote:Yes.

It's the Don Draper effect. Who didn't find him sexy as hell in Mad Men---even though he was a complete a-hole??

And if that silver haired fox, his boss?

Big from 'Sex & the City' over Steve?

Bad boys always attract women.

In one study, a group of college women were asked to rate the attractiveness of profiles of men who varied in their levels of the Dark Triad traits [1]. The physical characteristics of the men were held constant—what varied was only whether they were high or low in these three personality characteristics.

The men who were high in Dark Triad traits were rated as being significantly more attractive than the men who were low on them—and it was a fairly sizeable difference (specifically, more than a full scale point). What was especially interesting about this study is that the researchers also asked participants to evaluate the men on their perceived levels of narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy—and the men who were high on these traits were indeed perceived as such. So the participants consciously recognized this fact, yet still rated them as more attractive.