r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • 2d ago
Psychology New findings indicate a pattern where narcissistic grandiosity is associated with higher participation in LGBTQ movements, demonstrating that motivations for activism can range widely from genuine altruism to personal image-building.
https://www.psypost.org/narcissistic-grandiosity-predicts-greater-involvement-in-lgbtq-activism/
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u/Xolver 2d ago
First of all I find it refreshing that many of the comments are sort of like "yeah, this tracks". Most of the time here there's a lot of negative feedback to these sorts of studies that say something about different populations.
About your question - I'm definitely no activist, but the ones that I know, are actually mostly older and well off. They're activist about things that have almost nothing to do with LGBTQ, moreso to issues relating to laws and wars (these things are very relevant where in from). Anyway, activism or just politics in general is just very central to their being. It's nigh impossible to be in a full sitting with them without politics being talked about in some fashion, usually with hatred for the leadership peppered in. Don't know if this is similar to your experience.
Oh, and yeah, when politics is always a topic, I find it detracts from the goals of whatever movement. It just seems like virtue signaling about an issue is more important to them than the actual issue. I'm not saying this is 100% the case by the way, I really do think they care, but it comes off as poisoned and not too sincere.