12/8/2023 0 Comments Napoleon syndrome![]() ![]() ![]() The “dark triad” traits are, in the words of the study, “psychopathy (ie callousness, criminality), narcissism (ie inflated sense of self, grandiosity) and Machiavellianism (ie pragmatic cynicism, duplicity).” The researchers asked 367 American adults to complete an online survey known as the Dirty Dozen Dark Triad questionnaire. But what might the purported first examination of the relationship between height and the symptoms of psychopathy reveal? ![]() Other academics have dismissed the idea as a myth, the product of lazy assumptions (“oh look, that guy’s a terrible human being AND he’s 5ft 6in – must be that!”). Researchers at the University of Padua, Italy, had set out to find evidence to support the idea of a Napoleon complex, AKA small man syndrome, AKA a derogatory stereotype that holds that men compensate for short stature by being arseholes. The new study, which implies a link between height insecurity and a psychiatric condition, requires a bit of unpacking. Now, a year later, we learn that short men might be psychopaths, which feels like a bit of a plot twist, if not an actual backwards step. After percolating on TikTok and beyond, the “short king” tag last year grew into “ short king spring”, a lighthearted, body-positive movement designed to big up smaller guys while also prompting a debate about arguably one of the last acceptable social stigmas: heightism. ![]()
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