Psychopaths Target These 4 Types of Women The Most
Are you a target for a psychopath? If so, it was not your fault.
Written by Shahida Arabi, MA, trauma researcher and expert
Psychopaths lack remorse, possess a superficially charming and glib demeanor that can fool the masses, can break the law, violate others, escalate into violence, and lead double lives while conning others - all for a thrill. How do male psychopaths operate, and what kind of traits and behaviors do they seek in a potential romantic partner?
Here are the four surprising traits psychopaths look for in women, many of which overlap with what narcissists look for as well. Keep in mind that if you were targeted by a psychopathic or narcissistic person, it was not your fault, as they can use both your strengths and your vulnerabilities against you.
Women who are nurturing, compassionate, and caring.
Psychopathic people tend to be superficially charismatic, remorseless, and conscienceless. Experts note that psychopaths tend to look for nurturing women who tend to take care of their partners, those are caring and compassionate to the point of sacrificing themselves for their partners. This is because such women are most susceptible to pity ploys and feeling sympathy even when a psychopathic individual has harmed them. Empathy in others is a beautiful quality, but it can be weaponized by dark triad personality types for their own agendas, especially if it turns into people-pleasing or self-sacrifice. Psychopathic people need the labor of romantic partners who are willing to make rationalizations and endless minimizations regarding their morally dubious behavior in order to maintain the relationship. They sense that an empathic partner is (usually) less likely to hold them accountable and that they can leech off this partner, using their resources for their own gain.
Women who crave excitement, novelty, and adventure.
This trait may be a bit more surprising to discover, but just like psychopaths are sensation-seeking thrill seekers with a propensity for boredom and a craving for novelty, they tend to be (initially) aligned with women who have a sense of adventure and who crave having a sense of excitement in their lives. Needless to say, no one actually wants excitement in the form of an emotional rollercoaster of a relationship with a psychopath, nor is it ever your fault if you were targeted by one, but the chaos of toxic relationships can be biochemically addictive. That is why women who are drawn to adventure and excitement can become easily entangled by a psychopath’s charm as well as the euphoria of love bombing, which is the excessive attention and affection the psychopath showers on their victims at the onset of the relationship. Partners of psychopaths may also be entranced by the pursuit of novelty; initially, they share this impulse too, but in healthy ways…