| Maybe personality disorders are not
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| | fuzzy the diagnostic criteria, the more
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| objective clinical entities, but
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| | the diagnostician relies on stereotypes
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| culture-bound syndromes.
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| | (Widiger, 1998).Quotes from the
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| Ever since Freud, more women than men
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| | Literature"Specifically, past research
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| sought therapy. Consequently, terms like
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| | suggests that exploitive tendencies and
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| "hysteria' are intimately connected to
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| | open displays of feelings of entitlement
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| female physiology and alleged female
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| | will be less integral to narcissism for
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| psychology. The DSM (Diagnostic and
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| | females than for males. For females such
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| Statistical Manual, the bible of the
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| | displays may carry a greater possibility
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| psychiatric profession) expressly
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| | of negative social sanctions because they
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| professes gender bias: personality
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| | would violate stereotypical gender-role
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| disorders such as Borderline and
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| | expectancies for women, who are expected
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| Histrionic are supposed to be more common
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| | to engage in such positive social
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| among women. but the DSM is rather
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| | behavior as being tender, compassionate,
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| even-handed: other personality disorders
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| | warm, sympathetic, sensitive, and
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| (e.g., the Narcissistic and Antisocial as
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| | understanding.In females, Exploitiveness
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| well as the Schizotypal,
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| | Entitlement is less well-integrated with
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| Obsessive-Compulsive, Schizoid, and
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| | the other components of narcissism as
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| Paranoid) are more prevalent among
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| | measured by the Narcissistic Personality
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| men.Why this gender disparity? There are
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| | Inventory (NPI) - Leadership/Authority,
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| a few possible answers:Maybe personality
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| | Self-absorption/Self-admiration, and
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| disorders are not objective clinical
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| | Superiority/Arrogance- than in males -
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| entities, but culture-bound syndromes. In
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| | though 'male and female narcissists in
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| other words, perhaps they reflect biases
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| | general showed striking similarities in
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| and value judgments. Some patriarchal
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| | the manner in which most of the facets of
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| societies are also narcissistic. They
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| | narcissism were integrated with each
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| emphasize qualities such as individualism
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| | other'."Gender differences in the
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| and ambition, often identified with
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| | structure of narcissism: a multi-sample
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| virility. Hence the preponderance of
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| | analysis of the narcissistic personality
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| pathological narcissism among men. Women,
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| | inventory - Brian T. Tschanz, Carolyn C.
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| on the other hand, are widely believed to
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| | Morf, Charles W. Turner - Sex Roles: A
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| be emotionally labile and clinging. This
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| | Journal of Research - Issue: May,
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| is why most Borderlines and Dependents
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| | 1998"Women leaders are evaluated
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| are females. Upbringing and environment,
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| | negatively if they exercise their
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| the process of socialization and cultural
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| | authority and are perceived as
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| mores all play an important role in the
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| | autocratic."
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| pathogenesis of personality disorders.
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| | Eagly, A. H., Makhijani, M. G., &
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| These views are not fringe: serious
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| | Klonsky, B. G. (1992). Gender and the
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| scholars (e.g., Kaplan and Pantony, 1991)
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| | evaluation of leaders: A meta-analysis.
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| claim that the mental health profession
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| | Psychological Bulletin, 111, 3-22, and
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| is inherently sexist.
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| | ...Butler, D., & Gels, F. L. (1990).
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| Then again, genetics may be is at work.
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| | Nonverbal affect responses to male and
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| Men and women do differ genetically. This
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| | female leaders: Implications for
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| may account for the variability of the
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| | leadership evaluations. Journal of
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| occurrence of specific personality
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| | Personality and Social Psychology, 58,
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| disorders in men and women.Some of the
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| | 48-59."Competent women must also appear
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| diagnostic criteria are ambiguous or even
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| | to be sociable and likable in order to
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| considered "normal" by the majority of
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| | influence men - men must only appear to
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| the population. Histrionics "consistently
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| | be competent to achieve the same results
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| use physical appearance to draw attention
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| | with both genders."Carli, L. L., Lafleur,
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| to self." Well, who doesn't in Western
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| | S. J., & Loeber, C. C. (1995).
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| society? Why when a woman clings to a man
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| | Nonverbal behavior, gender, and
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| it is labeled "codependence", but when a
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| | influence. Journal of Personality and
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| man relies on a woman to maintain his
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| | Social Psychology, 68, 1030-1041.Gender
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| home, take care of his children, choose
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| | and the Narcissist - click
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| his attire, and prop his ego it is
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| | HERE!Homosexual and Transsexual
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| "companionship" (Walker, 1994)?The less
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| | Narcissists - click HERE!Sex and Gender -
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| structured the interview and the more
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| | click HERE!
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