The perceived attractiveness and traits of the Dark Triad: Narcissists are perceived as hot, Machiavellians and psychopaths not

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When the dark ones gain power: Perceived position power strengthens the effect of supervisor Machiavellianism on abusive supervision in work teams (2016, background): “Indeed, Rauthmann and Kolar (2013b) argue that “it may seem that Machiavellianism and psychopathy form a ‘‘Malicious Two’’, as these traits are uniquely related to stronger malevolence and negative perceptions of others as compared to narcissism which is perceived as ‘‘brighter’’(p. 585).”
The Malevolent Side of Human Nature (2017, background): “…convincingly associated with adverse psychosocial consequences than narcissism, which is in line with the notion that both Machiavellianism and psychopathy are more extreme in terms of viciousness and thus have more social and personal costs than narcissism (e.g., Rauthmann & Kolar, 2012, 2013).”
The Dark Triad personality: Attractiveness to women (2014, methodology): “Vignettes have previously been used to examine the attractiveness of the three subcomponents of DT personalities (Rauthmann & Kolar, 2013).”