Prof Sam Vaknin
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Attention Whores, Impulse Control, and Munchausen by Narcissist
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October 27, 2018
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15:20Now Playing"Thank you for sharing yourself with me today. You are exquisite and I desire you" is the cliche the attention addict wants to elicit.
Some women - single & married - use male attention to regulate their sense of self-worth (self confidence & self esteem). When low, these "attention whores" become flirtatious, seductive, cocktease, & trade sex for even the most inconsequential signs of attention: a chat, a compliment, small gifts, flowers, or a meal. Even if the attention they get is vulgar & demeaning - being groped & fondled in public or the targets of lewd, loud, explicit "compliments" - they still prefer it to being ignored. "Bad or the wrong kind of attention is better than no attention." Male attention serves a few functions.
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