The prominent fact about Dark Triad personalities of either sex is that they lack the restraints of normal programming. That deficit makes them very effective at preying upon people with normal operating systems. The author in that section hypothesized a ripple effect of negative relationship behavior radiating out through people origina…
The prominent fact about Dark Triad personalities of either sex is that they lack the restraints of normal programming. That deficit makes them very effective at preying upon people with normal operating systems. The author in that section hypothesized a ripple effect of negative relationship behavior radiating out through people originally abused by only the male half of a malevolent subset of humanity. The general idea of this ripple effect has merit, but it was put on too short a leash at its beginning.
Your example of men stuck in miserable relationships with Dark Triad women lines up well enough. Most of those relationships will end. Those men will then seek out others, because they are “biologically programmed” to bond with females. We would expect the past abuse to affect future behavior…and that behavior to then affect those they intersect with.
If I recall correctly, this part of the article was aimed at the alleged minority of people who are using “online dating” as an initial mate selection filter. Nothing that he or I might say about a presumed minority of the population would explain an alleged decline of dating in the population as a whole. I can’t credit the idea that there is a net dating decline in the general population, but that’s another discussion.
The prominent fact about Dark Triad personalities of either sex is that they lack the restraints of normal programming. That deficit makes them very effective at preying upon people with normal operating systems. The author in that section hypothesized a ripple effect of negative relationship behavior radiating out through people originally abused by only the male half of a malevolent subset of humanity. The general idea of this ripple effect has merit, but it was put on too short a leash at its beginning.
Your example of men stuck in miserable relationships with Dark Triad women lines up well enough. Most of those relationships will end. Those men will then seek out others, because they are “biologically programmed” to bond with females. We would expect the past abuse to affect future behavior…and that behavior to then affect those they intersect with.
If I recall correctly, this part of the article was aimed at the alleged minority of people who are using “online dating” as an initial mate selection filter. Nothing that he or I might say about a presumed minority of the population would explain an alleged decline of dating in the population as a whole. I can’t credit the idea that there is a net dating decline in the general population, but that’s another discussion.