Do you think that there are female psychopaths/sociopaths?

Yes there are female psychopaths/sociopaths 90
No there aren't female psychopaths/sociopaths 0
I'm not sure 3
I don't know 2
Mabe there are 0
Yes there are yet they are very rare 5
Yes there are but male psychopaths / socioaths are more than females 12
Lisa rowe from Girl interrupted is the best example! 1
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  • charli.m

    Why would it be gender specific?

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    • Halele

      Because of the ''Brain Difference'' ( Women can Multitasking, Men hardly can ) which is gender specific?

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      • charli.m

        Yes, there is a difference between men and women. I don't thonk that applies to whether or not someone is a socio/psychopath. Both genders have the potential.

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        • lukeuser

          Seems a strange poll. Both genders of psychopath exist, but there is a bias towards males.

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  • FocoUS

    Lizzie Borden took an axe
    And gave her father forty whacks
    And when she saw what she had done
    She gave her mother forty one

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    • NeuroNeptunian

      Haha, I have that one memorized.

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    • misca

      I just watched one of Hitchcock's short films where there was a girl singing that. :D

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  • KeddersPrincess

    Duh! It's alredy been proven. Don't you watch the news, read any papers lately. There have been several female sociopaths. It's just more common in men. Damn! I wish people will stop seeing females as these emotional, innocent thing. That's not always the fuckin' case!

    RETARDED QUESTION!!!

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  • dom180

    Definitely. Literally 10 seconds Googling can find you some examples.

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    • lukeuser

      And watching an episode of House ;)

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      • dom180

        And House is much more fun :D

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        • lukeuser

          Yes! And it's over :(

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  • dappled

    Yes, there are.

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  • Riddler

    No! Its like saying only men can be pedophiles. which isn't true. Men and women are both capable of these things. Yet certain problems seem common more for one gender than the other. Mental illness can effect anyone not only men.

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  • DandyElfman

    If you know anything about psychology you already know the answer. If not you are a sexist. OP is an idiot. We have had psychotic/sociopath women as well as women paedophiles. Can we have black chicks? Well we have them so I would think so. Really what the fuck kind of question is this?

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  • Wendell

    Hilary Clinton

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  • VioletTrees

    What? Yes, of course.

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  • AssBurgers

    No, women are too nice for that shit.

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  • dirtybirdy

    There are. Its just less common for females, statistically anyway. Who knows who hasn't been caught. Women can be quite... Umm, a lot of things.

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  • 123456789assssssss

    One word: feminists.

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  • Jeaneathean

    Aileen Wuornos.

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  • RoseIsabella

    Lisa Rowe from Girl Interrupted had Borderline Personality Disorder.

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  • Ldizzy1234

    Watch that show deadly women. Yes, they can be females.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qL4tP9y2G8g

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  • One is talking to you right now (aspd, almost the same thing but less extreme), infact i know a brother and sister that were both diagnosed as ASPD. Psychopathy is a fixed medical term you retard.

    You can't have an "opinion" or "think" this or that about it.

    There are BOTH male and female psychopaths.

    Males, 3 in 50.

    Females, 1 in 50.

    Answer = alot more than you realise, everyone on IIN went to school with atleast a dozen psychopaths.

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  • Dot123

    Duh, of course so.

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  • Lynxikat

    Uh... yeah? I mean, why wouldn't there be? The male psychopaths/sociopaths just happen to get more media attention.

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  • Yes, women can be those things. Although, I believe there are far more males that are sociopaths and/or psychopaths than females. Not sure if it has something to do with the male brain or just coinsidence.

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    • Sociopaths and psychopaths are the same thing, the terms were just made up by two different doctors.

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  • BlueJeansWhiteShirt

    Why wouldn't there be? I'm sorry but this is a pretty dumb/shit question.

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  • NeuroNeptunian

    Yes, and I have met clinically registered female sociopaths. While a sociopath is more likely to be male, there are enough female cases that I'd think it'd be common knowledge, you know?

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  • nAt2017

    Yes. There are a lot of socio/psychopath questions on here lately.

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  • alv1592

    Yes, there are. I think male psychopaths are more common, because most serial killers were men. There was one notable serial killer who was a woman. She killed a bunch of men, and I think she was a lesbian. I've seen her prison interview on YouTube...she's scary.

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  • TerryVie

    Yes, but male ones are more common. Females tend to be more socially oriented thus less likely to snap completely. Only by a small, but a noticeable margin, though.

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    • VioletTrees

      I don't think that people become sociopaths by "snapping", though. My understanding is that it starts in childhood. Maybe you're thinking of crime sprees and such?

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      • TerryVie

        Na, I refer to going that far "out there" that you are disconnected sufficiently from the rest of society that your psychopathic ideas start to seem true...sorry if I can't explain it much better. You are as right as what I said in the scenario I have in mind.

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  • NotFloydzie

    The question is, why wouldn't there be female psychopaths/sociopaths?

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