What a nasty thread.
I have lived my whole 50 years with people with personality disorders.
I only found out about NPD three years ago, and knowing that it exists and is a real disorder has saved my life. I was suicidal several times due to the abuse I suffered at the hands of my mother and father and sister...so no, it is not always men...and if you had read the threads written by absolutely desperate victims you would know that.
OF course it is rarely diagnosed, because by definition Ns do not think there is anything wrong with them!
Do you think psychopaths are made-up by nutters on MN? Because, actually, Ns and psychopaths share the same PHYSICAL changes in their brains....which can be seen on scans. So similar are they that it is now being mooted that they are actually on the same spectrum of disorder, and not different PDs at all.
You should all be ashamed of yourselves for this thread. Would you start a thread mocking someone with a learning difficulty or cancer for example? Just because it seems to be in the news on MN doesn't meant that it is a joke.
It has only recently been discovered, and there are alot of Ns about!!
Their victims have absolutely terrible lives. When your family have these disorders you often go on to have partners with them too. For the children of Ns life is hell on earth.
Shame on you all