Gender and the Narcissist
Question:
Are female narcissists any different? You seem to talk only
about male narcissists!
Answer:
I keep using the male third person singular because most
narcissists (75%) are males and more so because there is little
difference between the male and female narcissists.
In the manifestation of their narcissism, female and male
narcissists, inevitably, do tend to differ. They emphasise
different things. They transform different elements of their
personalities and of their lives into the cornerstones of their
disorder.
Women concentrate on their body (many also suffer from eating
disorders: Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa). They flaunt
and exploit their physical charms, their sexuality, their
socially and culturally determined "femininity". They secure
their Narcissistic Supply through their more traditional gender
role: the home, children, suitable careers, their husbands ("the
wife of