The Dark Triad and honesty-humility: Relations to pornography craving and (deviant) pornography use in males, but not in females

The present study examined relationships between Dark Triad (narcissism, Machiavellianism, psychopathy) and honesty-humility personality traits and pornography craving and pornography use in a sample of 121 participants (46 males and 75 females) who completed an online survey. Narcissism and psychopathy were positively related to pornography craving and deviant pornography consumption, while honesty-humility appeared to be negatively associated with these pornography-related variables. Furthermore, these relationships were only present in males and not in females. It is concluded that males are more dominated by ‘bad’ personality traits than females, and hence also have a greater inclination to engage in a fast life strategy flavored by sexually deviating and morally reprehensible actions.