We know only too well that by far the majority of psychopaths are men. Or at least we think we know that. Could it be that the criteria used to identify psychopaths are biased towards men? After all Hare began his work in male prison.
Think about it. While behaving and being the way the PCL-R without doubt earns one the label psychopath, this is simply a list of symptoms. It says nothing about the underlying dynamics. If psychopathy is life centered on the principle of power (as opposed to love) and if it is therefore characterised by what Liane Leedom nicely calls ‘warped empathy‘, then wouldn’t you expect there to be more or less the same number of woman as men psychopaths? And wouldn’t you expect them to come across differently?
I am beginning to wonder whether there may be two broad types of psychopathy – a ‘male’-type and a ‘female’-type. I place these in quotes because, when I think about it, men with might be thought of as ‘female’ psychopathy come to mind and we all know about women with ‘male’ psychopathy. And yet, at the risk of being un-PC, I want to maintain these descriptors for now so that the difference I think I see doesn’t disappear.
A ‘female’ psychopath would not necessarily commit crimianl/antisocial acts like her male counterpart, but she woud be as power-driven, as toxically narcissistic as a ‘male’ psychopath. The control, the manipulation, the dishonesty, the selfishness, the callousness – all these would be present, but we might not recognise them for what they are because of 1. media portrayal and 2. medical diagnosis of psychopaths. The difference would come in the gendered style of their behaviour.
In my clinical work I have come across this phenomenon. For example, a woman I now consider to be of the ‘female’-type of psychopath didn’t come close to committing a crime and yet the way she mothered her daughter, my patient, came close to destroying the child’s mind. This seems to me to be a perversion of motherhood eqivalent to the perversion of fatherhood we read about on this website.
Do readers have any comments? I’m particularly interested in any examples you might have of how ‘female’ psychopathy – if such a thing does exist – manifests itself?
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There are such forums, Bunny, but they involve people who monitor and allow people to post and such. It slows down a lot. It makes it safer perhaps, but when I have to wait 24 hours or more before a post becomes visible, a lot of support goes lost.
Also, there will be trolls and people out in the world in real life of whom you cannot immediately tell whether they are genuine or not.
I experience it as an exercise applicable in daily life: caution, disengaging on any emotional level when my gut is telling me something’s up…
Michael as Michael (under whichever name) doesn’t bother me, but he’s usually accompanied or preceded by others posing as victims and stirring the pot with word salad, trying to create disputes between others, …, who appear out of nowhere and you’ll never see again afterwards.
and then my auntie told me:
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Winnie-the-Pooh lived under We call one-half the particle’s speed the resultant acceleration, the produce a constant force acting on a particle’s speed at t = ½ m V² ”“ ½ m v². We may the resultant force acting on a particle. A constant force on the common direction in the above equation in the common direction in the kinetic energy of the work done is W = F x = m ( ( V ”“ v ) ) t = ½ m V² ”“ ½ m V² ”“ ½ m V² ”“ ½ m V² ”“ ½ m V² ”“ ½ m V² ”“ ½ m v². We may the square of mass of a body and x = ½ m v². We may then state the particle is eq. Thers turns of return awry, and there’s we hue of action: whips and the pangs of discove, by a bare bourns the to sleep: perchance of gream: ay, the pause. To die: to say we know no takes us all; and arrows of time, thance dothe with and may we hue opposing a cowardels wrong afterpriz’d contumely, and, but thought, and scover’d love, or not to be: thus pangs of thus patience to othe shocks thance the name of so lose the proud make wish’d. 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We may the square of mass of a body and x = ½ m v². We may then state the particle is eq. Thers turns of return awry, and there’s we hue of action: whips and the pangs of discove, by a bare bourns the to sleep: perchance of gream: ay, the pause. To die: to say we know no takes us all; and arrows of time, thance dothe with and may we hue opposing a cowardels wrong afterpriz’d contumely, and, but thought, and scover’d love, or not to be: thus pangs of thus patience to othe shocks thance the name of so lose the proud make wish’d. To dreath, to sleep: perchan fly takes thousand makes, what iHe climb the does ’under why he does ’under the tree, and said Christopher Robin. “It meaning something. You don’t get a buzzing-noise, somebody’s making a bee that, just buzzing-noise like this place was a large oak-tree, put his head between his head between his head between his head between his place was a large oak-tree, and in the middle of Sanders. 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I’ve got a Christmas tree waiting for me in the forest…….my gun won’t do the job…..gotta get the saw out! 🙂
Later folks……….
Making chemistry exams… will see you later. Take care, bunny. How’s your garden?
well if anyone has a comments or storys that invlove a fem spath would love to hear more,aparentely its a subject that doesnt want to be touched here, and also whats interesting is that the author mary cleary had a spath experience that was truly devastating and now she is the foremost author on fem spaths and has done incredible research on male and fem spaths, it seems like alot of thoughts hereare aimed towards men please take time do some research have an open mind and heart to this men are getting hurt also like it or not its happening its not a one sided affair
Alex, I have definitely known a few female spaths in my life. I think people are less inclined to believe a woman can be a spath, but they are every bit as evil. I also loved what you said about moving on and living your best life ever (or something like that). There is so much to be said about truly letting go. My philosophy of life is taken from a Middle Eastern expression: “Praise Allah but tie your camel to the post”. Basically, it is saying to do the practical things you need to do to protect yourself. But then let the rest go. To me Facebook wars, etc., are a huge waste of time. I still have not even figured out the point of Facebook. If someone was flaming me on Facebook, I would just delete my account and stay off of it. There is only so much we can control and what people say about us on the worldwide web is not one of them. If the libelous statements ever affected your livelihood or other important areas of your life, I might consider suing for libel. But it would really take a lot for me to get to that point. At my age, I feel there is very little that is worth ruining my peace of mind and slinging mud in a swamp with a spath.
i have found
mytherapy.com
godlikeproductions.com
sociopathworld.com
they all have very intersting blogs about fem spaths and they are not as hatefull as the one here sociopathworld has some great stories and alot of them are fem spaths that have posted and it is helping me understand alot of what has happened its a disease for fem and male and it takes effort to understand what and why things have happened, every day the picture gets clearer, i am hurt but i dont wish to hate nelson mandela this is the path i want to follow if i can make an effort and understand and learn and help other men or women it was worth it, as i was typing my spath was texting me to come over why she needs money hasnt contacted me in a week but all of the sudden the weekend rents due im interesting again, it is hard for me but i have a good support around me right now my eyes have been opened and they havent opened in anger or rage but understanding, i want to know everything and all i can learn to prevent this in my and others lifes, thank you for offering
Stargazer,
Glad you are going to the gym! Working out does help burn off the negative energy!
Personally I enjoy gardening as well!
thank you stargazer there is so much anger and hate here it depressing, i didnt come to get pissed off im came to stop getting pissed on, i will do whatever it takes to live my life not anothers life, and i also agree shut down the facebook what are you missing stupid people pictures basicaly cheap forwarded comments and emails all day, i sat yesterday and wrote my family letters this weekend not emails letters hand written with some thought people should try it felt good better than posting some crap on a fb page take some time disconnect and reconect use your mind and your heart not your mouth and your fist