No, most women don't consciously look for an abusive relationship... However... Many of the characteristics of a typical psychopath: charming, mysterious, callous (which is often seen as stoicism if the psychopath plays his or her cards right), a "loner", financially successful (or at least claiming to be), fearless, and manipulative... These are all traits of how the "tall, dark, and handsome" man is portrayed in the media. Look at James Bond, for instance... Bond shows a lot of psychopathic traits, and those aspects of him are glorified. Needless to say, women fall head over heals for characters such as this. Nowadays, this character is the vampire, Edward, in all his sparkling glory... which I can't understand to save my own life... I wouldn't even dare peg Edward as a psychopath, but he does show a few traits, mainly charming and controlling... very, very controlling... And a stalker... Yet, women justify this behavior because he's just "so dreamy"...

Psychopaths not only fit this role of the dark, mysterious, and charming loner, we will also craft this mask to meet the specific emotional desires of each person. And we don't just pick out any poor sap who crosses our paths, either. Many psychopaths attest that, when they go out to find a suitable partner, attractiveness has nothing to do with it. Psychopaths will search for people who have low self-esteem and a poor support system (family, friends, etc.). Dr. Angela Book researched the psychopath's ability to spot vulnerability in a victim. This notion was researched because of a remark made by Ted Bundy, who claimed he could "tell a victim by the tilt of her head as she walked" (which I thought was completely ridiculous and not based in science...) But, according to Dr. Book, the psychopathic subjects were able to pick out which of the volunteers had been a victim of a serious crime just by watching them walk (body language and so forth)... This study can be found in the documentary I, Psychopath and in the article "Psychopathic Traits and Perception of Victim Vulnerability" by Sarah Wheeler, Angela Book, and Kimberly Costello.

When women who are lonely and have low self-esteem find men who are charming, confident, and play on every emotional desire their partners have, in many cases, those women think they've found their soul mate. And when one finds ones soul-mate, all rational thought goes out the window...

There isn't much havoc I can wreak over an internet forum; you needn't worry. And I'm a psychopath. "Sociopath" is a term that isn't recognized in mental health or forensic settings; "psychopath" is.

Also, I can lie and abuse and cheat, but I refrain most of the time. Well, at least from abusing and cheating... I try to limit my psychopathic tendencies, especially around those that I want to stick around...

And there are many reasons I come here...
I like to talk.
I especially like to talk about myself.
I like being recognized and appreciated for my knowledge in the subjects of psychopathy and antisocial personality disorder.
I don't like all the frivolous notions and myths you people like to say about me and my kind.
I like that I'm able to reveal these aspects of my personality and talk about them openly without fear of repercussion.
That I'm "exposing my tricks" is a moot point. The few people that actually read and take heed to my advice most likely are never going to meet me, and, if they do, wouldn't know who I was. Also, experts who have studied psychopathy for years have been deceived by psychopaths. I doubt any layman who reads over a few posts on an forum, regardless of how accurate or in-depth those posts may have been, could identify a psychopath should they come across one...