More women may be psychopaths than previously thought, says expert

[ralfy]

More women may be psychopaths than previously thought, says expert

Dr Clive Boddy says assessment skews towards obvious male traits but female psychopathy is more subtle

www.theguardian.com

 

[tshade]

None would vote for Trump if they were sane....

 

[brianpatrick]

I hear they’re remaking Mean Girls.

 

[BirdinHand]

And yet…it’s the men who are violent.

 

[brianpatrick]

And yet…it’s the men who are violent.

That might just be due to the nature of male female roles historically. Men are on average physically stronger so that had to shape roles. So, more a difference in the way the violence is expressed out of necessity. I’m not sure about scientific evidence for this but women also tend to hold anger longer than men. At least it’s a stereotype. I hung out with a pretty volatile crowd when I was younger. Fist fights were not uncommon between the men, but when it was over it was over and the next day they hung out.

 

[PirateMk1]

More women may be psychopaths than previously thought, says expert

Dr Clive Boddy says assessment skews towards obvious male traits but female psychopathy is more subtle

www.theguardian.com

Wow. They just now learned this? All those men with a crazy ex. are not delusional after all?

And yet…it’s the men who are violent.

Yea men are violent, but women can be and are as violent as the men. The stupid ones strikes bigger males and find out sometimes, that some males do in fact reply in kind. FAFO I believe its called. The cartels have some stone cold killers in their bunch that aren't men.

 

[Josie]

A man will use physical violence while a woman will secretly plan out your death using Aqua Tofana.

 

[brianpatrick]

A man will use physical violence while a woman will secretly plan out your death using Aqua Tofana.

What’s your victim count? don’t worry, I’ll keep it a secret.

 

[CaughtInThe]

A man will use physical violence while a woman will secretly plan out your death using Aqua Tofana.

that's way too specific.

 

[zincwarrior]

I had a red headed girlfriend who was half Comanche, half Irish, raised by a Mexican family. Wee hoo.

 

[uptower]

My ex wife for starters...

 

[justabubba]

driving one day, about three years after the end of our relationship, the radio newscaster announced that ***** **** ******** had escaped from butner prison
was not really surprised to learn of it

here is a great article that illustrates the differences between male and female displays of psychopathy:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/...sychopaths,better equipped to elude detection.

 

[Real blank]

Don’t need an expert for this one

 

[Phys251]

More women may be psychopaths than previously thought, says expert

Dr Clive Boddy says assessment skews towards obvious male traits but female psychopathy is more subtle

www.theguardian.com

Always helps to read the subtitle.

Dr Clive Boddy says assessment skews towards obvious male traits but female psychopathy is more subtle

So female psychopathy may be harder to spot, but male psychopathy is more common.

 

[CLAX1911]

And yet…it’s the men who are violent.

Not really. If we look at gay couples versus lesbian couples there is very little domestic abuse between the gays and there is quite a bit between the lesbians.

In fact the domestic abuse rate is higher in lesbian couples then in straight couples. And it's higher in straight couples than it is in gay couples.

Seems like the presence of a woman increases the probability of violence.

 

[BirdinHand]

Not really. If we look at gay couples versus lesbian couples there is very little domestic abuse between the gays and there is quite a bit between the lesbians.

In fact the domestic abuse rate is higher in lesbian couples then in straight couples. And it's higher in straight couples than it is in gay couples.

Seems like the presence of a woman increases the probability of violence.

Or that gay men are simply the least violent

 

[CLAX1911]

Or that gay men are simply the least violent

But straight men are more violent why would that be?

What about lesbian couples? There's a higher percentage of domestic abuse in lesbian couples than there are in straight couples?

I think women are just as violent as men if not maybe a little more.

 

[ralfy]

Always helps to read the subtitle.



So female psychopathy may be harder to spot, but male psychopathy is more common.

While the idea of psychopaths as violent, antisocial criminals has given way to a more nuanced view – with Boddy among those to argue they are often found in big business – the idea that they are mostly male has remained.

“The behaviour of female psychopaths seems to be subtle enough and less obvious than male psychopaths and therefore they’re not recognised as much,” Boddy said.

Reminds me of one article from a liberal outlet:

The Startling Accuracy of Referring to Politicians as 'Psychopaths'

The characteristics that define clinical psychopathy are many of the same that make effective leaders.

www.theatlantic.com

The examples given include Romney and Obama.

 

[Phys251]

Reminds me of one article from a liberal outlet:

The Startling Accuracy of Referring to Politicians as 'Psychopaths'

The characteristics that define clinical psychopathy are many of the same that make effective leaders.

www.theatlantic.com

The examples given include Romney and Obama.

Nice deflection. Care to address what I said?

 

[ralfy]

Nice deflection. Care to address what I said?

Deflection? You mean the opposite. The quote came from the same article.

Meanwhile, the Atlantic article implies that the ailment is advantageous because it leads to effective leadership.