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Josh Slocum's avatar

What I'm about to write will sound like I'm trying to get off a zinger, but I'm not. I mean it plainly and literally.

What is referred to as "self esteem" in this context is, in my view, simply pathological narcissism.

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Paula Wright's avatar

Well there are levels of normal narcissism and we would need to operationalise the term around these things.

The reason I am calling it chauvinism is because all people--men and women--are prone to it. Pathological narcissism is a specific personality trait. I'll parse these in a future essay

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Kayla Katin's avatar

Deadass? Damn I didn’t get mine 😞

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