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Why women love bad boys

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    by Snow Vandemore

    Warrior, gladiator, guardian, soldier, bad boy. Straddling an iron horse, leather-clad and black helmet donned, long mane thrashing wildly in the wind. Lean and muscled, face tanned and worn from a life less traveled. His...read more

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    by Ashley Bolden

    After picking my fiance up from County Jail for the second time three years ago, it hit me; I had probably chosen the wrong guy to shack up with. I chewed the bite of reality over and over in my mind, and came to the conc...read more

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    by Vivian Edwards

    There is just something about that kind of man The man that you wouldn't want to take home to meet your parents but that you can't get off of your mind is exciting. There is simply something about that kind of man. The ...read more

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    by Marbleman

    Having just turned forty with lots of dating mileage and a few long term relationships under my belt, I have finally figured out what women want. It's pretty simple As much as they'll deny it, they want an asshole. Th...read more

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    by Sweetsmile

    "So beautiful a flower, on such a bull shit." Many persons say that beautiful ladies always accompany bad boys. This phenomenon makes us wonder: why women love bad boys? Usually, women have something inside to defend th...read more

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    by Ernst Ducena

    I used to think that women who chose the bad boys and rejected the nice guys were making stupid decisions. To me it was so obvious. The nice guy was, for the most part smart (at least book smart), caring, and safe among ...read more

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    by Pamela Ramey-Tatum

    It's the stuff of romance novels and films: the sweet woman falls for the archetypal dark and dangerous rogue. But the bad boys and the women who fall for them are real, and the question of why women fall for this type st...read more

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    by Eileen Thompson

    Why do we, women, love bad boys. Well, let's see: I could have been with two different men...one was gay and a damned good friend; not exactly a bad boy, but a bad marriage choice. The other was a man I met online an...read more

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    by Taurus McKenzie

    As the warriors of the ancient danced the duel of death, piercing each other's flesh with flamed spears, the young lady watched in awe, excitingly awaiting to take the Victors hand in marriage. As he swung the mighty blow...read more

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    by Schuyler Cole

    This is a very old debate, and most of the conventional arguments do have merit; however, there is one aspect that commonly gets overlooked. First, lets try and define a "Bad Boy". While there are many characteristics ...read more

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    by Jennifer Gray

    Ah Yes, the question that plagues the mind of every Gap shopping, cardigan wearing, zima drinking metrosexual man on the planet. Why woman love bad boys...hmm. I ponder this while I lay next to my D&D playing fiancee' who...read more

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    by Avery Aiden

    I don't know if it's a phase. I don't know really know what it is. I know that every woman can look back and name AT LEAST one bad boy that they fell hard for. I, personally, have three. Joseph, Bear and Dean. Bear was a f...read more

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    by Karla Robinson

    Women want "bad boys" because of the element of danger and mystery that they represent(not to mention that good sex will more than likely come with it.) The old saying is that men "love the chase" when it comes to women, b...read more

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    by Mark

    Chloe storm, dear oh dear oh dear. She has herself all wrong. What a bizare, odd, but yet sadly true article she has written about herself and a other women. The bad boys give her "confidance and boost her self esteem,...read more

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    by Rosie Tap

    Women love bad boys for two reasons. Changing a bad boy is the women's equivalent to men going for married women, or cheating on their partners- everyone loves a challenge. Women fall for bad boys because they're charmin...read more

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    by Lee Mcdonald

    A little while ago I started up a hotel, room for one. Exquisite food from the local kebab shop, full bodied wine from the nearest Oddbins, Sky and sex on demand and a magic massage in the morning provided by the owne...read more

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    by Ian Cox

    Intellectualize it all you like, but women liking bad boys is a female animal instinct. The roughest, toughest, meanest, most violent and most selfish male is the one who rises to the top of the pack. He offers protection ...read more

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    by Amy Howlett

    Of course women love bad boys. Women see it in movies everyday. They read about it in novels. Women are surrounded by the curiosity of how it would be it they actually dated that bad boy. This urge really attacks young wom...read more

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    by Jeremy Staffeld

    Few aspects of dating confuse men more than the topic of Nice Guy vs. Bad Boy. Women claim that it is chemistry, compatibility, honesty, and the ever dimming glimmer of chivalry that they look for in a man. Yet no sooner t...read more

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    by Brandy Tyson

    For several years women have been the victims of manipulation and have recently begun to self satisfy. The typical "bad boy" fulfills her temporary needs, contributing little to any long-term commitments. While some women...read more

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