Yes, I have been a barnacle to men who have (and abuse) power.

You don't have to be Sherlock Holmes (or Sigmund Freud) to understand where that emanates from.

However, the rough times I had in therapy with men who (had and abused) power have helped me understand this phenomemon --and run from it. I paid powerful male jerks who had therapeutic "credentials" to learn NOT to pay jpowerful male jerks who had therapeutic credentials.

That's my sh#$t and I'm learning to deal with it.