Deadly Ego: the ‘female’ intelligence that men constantly underestimate
Why con-women and female sociopaths usually get away with it
I was having supper with a male friend last week and he suddenly looked up at me with what I can only describe at sheer terror in his eyes. “What?” I said, bemused. “Well,” he said, swallowing. “It just occurred to me that maybe all women are as manipulative and cunning as you are.”
Before you panic, it’s okay. I hadn’t killed anyone. I was talking about how he could persuade his narcissistic boss to give him a raise. Nothing extraordinary or particularly dark. It just wasn’t something he’d thought a woman could do: construct a carefully considered, calculated plan to get what they wanted, rather than just act on immediate emotional impulse or niceness.
Girls Aren’t Nice: Survival Empathy
Women, in general, are raised from birth to watch people. Observe. Suss them out. Consquently, we’re usually pretty good at it. We’re forced at the point of a toy teapot to empathise, to understand each other, and to get inside another person’s head. If someone hits you in the playground, you don’t let that rage escape through your foot and hard school shoes into their shin, you sob delicately like your arm is broken until a teacher…
