‘Female narcissism is often misdiagnosed’: how science is finding women can have a dark streak too.

Our thanks to Nigel for this piece in The Guardian (international edition) from February 2025. He writes:

“For some reason this popped up from the Guardian originally published in the international edition in Feb.

‘Narcissistic women are abusing in ways that society allows,’ she argues. ‘They often leverage their femininity, present themselves as soft-spoken, but it is cunning; it’s premeditated. They may still lie, cheat and control others.

‘They ultimately tend to weaponise anything that society allows them to use,’ says Green. ‘This means they may be more successful using their children against their partner, or making false accusations of abuse, than physically threatening someone.’ “

Blimey, in the Gruaniad!”

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3 thoughts on “‘Female narcissism is often misdiagnosed’: how science is finding women can have a dark streak too.

  1. Blimey, who knew..? (Hint: Everybody who has ever worked in a mixed-sex workplace).

    Back in 1995, I saw a colleague get sacked, a couple of weeks before his probationary period was up, because he had the audacity to criticise the work of a female colleague. The real reason was that, if her were taken on permanently, she’d have to be promoted past him to achieve her aim of becoming Group Leader. His departure meant that I was now the likely impediment to her dreams, and every shoddy, dirty, underhand trick in the book was played by her, totally unbeknown to me, in the offices of the besotted and powerful.

    Some work on the hitherto-unrecognised prevalence of female psychopaths, and their modus operandi (completely different to the male examples) is beginning to surface.

    https://www.aru.ac.uk/news/female-psychopaths-more-common-than-we-think

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