Bad Boy (archetype)
The bad boy is a cultural archetype, similar to the historic terms rake or cad: a male who behaves badly, especially towards women.
Being a promiscuous rogue may be as successful a reproductive strategy as the strategy of being a reliable provider. Evolutionary psychologist Professor Bill von Hippel claims that women are especially attracted to such bad boys when they are ovulating. According to an article in The Independent, there is a "dark triad" of personality traits associated with naturally occurring bad boys, consisting of narcissism, thrill-seeking, and deceitfulness. The publication observed a correlation between the bad boy archetype and psychopathy.
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Famous quotes containing the words bad and/or boy:
“For when as each thing bad thou hast entomb’d,
And last of all, thy greedy self consum’d,
Then long Eternity shall greet our bliss
With an individual kiss;”
—John Milton (1608–1674)
“At market and fair, all folks do declare,
There is none like the Boy that sold Broom, green Broom.”
—Unknown. Broom, Green Broom (l. 23–24)