This is understanding today's narcissist.

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And now here's your host, Christine Hammond.

Today I would like to talk about the difference between male and female narcissists.

Now, this may come across as being a little overgeneralizing of sexual differences between men and women.

And I'm not meaning to do that. Rather, what I'm trying to do is bring awareness to what some of these differences might be.

Because sometimes when you look at the definition within the DSM-5, which is our standard for diagnosing

narcissistic personality disorder, you don't really understand just how it could come across

as a female version or a male version of it.

So there are some discrepancies that are important to note.

And since I've counseled dozens on either side of that end, I have a very good idea of what

this actually looks like.

One of the best places to see the difference between the male and female narcissists is in

a very popular show called House of Cards.

I don't know if you've had a chance to look at it.

It's available on Netflix, and it has a great portrait of two narcissistic main characters.

Now, granted, they also kind of veerge on the side of being a sociopath or even a psychopath at times, but nonetheless,

the narcissism can be seen in both of them. And their differences are very sharp and striking

from everything from how they dress to how they treat others and how they act. It's a very good

portrait of just exactly what I'm about ready to demonstrate

and talk about. There are several areas that the difference in sexes can be seen with the

definition. There's going to be some crossover of similarities, but I really want to highlight the

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