Why are there so few female psychopaths? | feat. Dr. Mark Freestone
History and entertainment are both full of psychopathic men who manipulate their victims. But it makes you wonder... why aren't there more female psychopaths? Or are they out there and we just don't know it?
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Show Notes
Dr. Mark Freestone, author of Making a Psychopath: My Journey into Seven Dangerous Minds, takes us into the mind of an infamous female psychopath—and the finicky, outdated, and often untrustworthy system that attempts to diagnose women like her.
A few curiosities you’ll uncover in this episode:
- The antiquated diagnosis process for psychopaths
- The differences between how psychopathy manifests in male and female patients
- Gritty details of the murder committed by Angela the Remorseless
- How a bias toward male patients is a symptom of a much larger issue
Did You Know?
James Bond is a psychopath. He scores around a 27 on the PCL-R, which in the UK is past the threshold for a psychopath.
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