Why Women Become Narcissistic Abuse Targets: Patriarchy Incorporated Into Culture

Narcissistic Abuse Recovery Podcast · May 3, 2026 · 12m

You've been asking yourself what's wrong with you. But what if the question was always wrong?There's a pattern that social scientists have documented for decades, one that shows up across cultures, across research studies, across the lived experiences of women everywhere. It's not about individual choice or personal failure. It's about how systems work—how they funnel certain pressures, certain behaviors, certain expectations directly toward women, not randomly, but systematically.If you've found yourself:• Managing emotions that weren't yours to manage in the first place• Carrying the mental…