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🔴 **‘Female narcissism is often misdiagnosed’: how science is finding women can have a dark streak too**

Miriam Frankel

_"Researchers have discovered that narcissism can come in two types: grandiose and vulnerable. And Green has shown that while men are more likely to have grandiose narcissism, boasting high self-esteem and extroversion, women more commonly display the vulnerable form, involving introversion, defensiveness and low self-esteem. They may be more brittle and less boastful."_

🔗 theguardian.com/science/2025/f.

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