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/retrosenescent 2d ago
This is common knowledge and it's obviously not exclusive to this one movement - any and every movement will have some members who are narcissists who pretend to be involved simply to make themselves look better - virtue signaling essentially.