Common characteristics of psychopaths are lack of empathy and guilt (representative)
While it’s generally accepted that most psychopaths are men, experts say there may be many more female psychopaths than we think. Recent research suggests that men with mental illness may be overrepresented compared to women by a ratio of 6 to 1. Dr Clive Boddy, a professor at Anglia Ruskin University who specializes in corporate psychopathy, questioned the ratio, saying it could be as low as 1.2 to 1 and could be five times higher for women.
“Psychopathic traits are more commonly attributed to men than to women,” Dr. Bodie said in a report. Report. “So even if women exhibit some of the key traits associated with psychopathy – such as inauthenticity, deceit, hostility, lack of empathy and lack of emotional depth – because these are seen as masculine traits, they may not be labeled as such label, even though they deserve to be labeled that way. Yes,” he added.
Psychopaths are commonly characterized by a lack of empathy and guilt, engaging in antisocial behavior, lying frequently, and displaying callous, narcissistic, and manipulative traits. “Psychopaths seek money, power and control,” Dr. Boddy said.
“The behavior of female psychopaths seems to be more subtle and less obvious than that of male psychopaths, so they don’t get as much recognition,” Dr. Boddy said.
He added: “There is small but growing evidence that female psychopaths are more likely to express violence verbally rather than physically, that this violence is of a relational and emotional nature, and that it is more subtle and inappropriate than the violence expressed by male psychopaths. So obvious.”
Dr. Boddy also pointed out a problem with the psychopathy test, the Levenson Self-Report Psychopathy Scale (LSRP). He mentioned that it seemed to suit men better. The first section looks at emotional detachment, selfishness, lack of empathy, and manipulation. But in the second part, which examines psychopathic lifestyles, the focus is on violence and antisocial behavior, which creates gender bias in psychiatric assessments. “The secondary factors and their measures were largely based on studies of psychopathic offenders who were incarcerated at the time — so the feeling among researchers today is that these measures are inappropriate for identifying female psychopathic offenders,” he said.
Dr. Bodie noted that female psychopaths use deception and seduction to gain social and financial advantage more than male psychopaths. He said: “Female psychopaths, while not experiencing psychosis as severely or as often as men, are under-reported and therefore pose a greater potential threat to business and society than anyone had previously suspected. This has implications for the criminal justice system It has an impact because current risk management decisions involving partners and children may be wrong. It also has an impact on selection decisions for organizational leadership because female leaders are not automatically seen as more honest, more caring, more concerned about corporate social responsibility, etc. question.”
Dr Clive Boddy has been researching the impact of mental illness on the workplace since 2005. He is a leading scholar in the field and has published extensively on corporate psychopaths. His research focuses on toxic leadership, specifically examining how corporate psychopaths impact employees, organizations, and society.
