Well, taking it as a given that the "bad boys" are actually generally terrible partners, saying that women are inexorably drawn to them makes out women to be, well, stupid. The "bad boys" thing is usually mentioned in a context of asking why women always choose bad boys over nice guys—which, again, makes women sound self-destructive and dumb.

Ah. I don't take those for a given, actually. From what I understand of it, for most it's just a short-term vicarious living thing. They're not looking for anything lengthy, involved, whatever. It's thrill-seeking behaviour which is a characteristic that all humanity shares in some form or another.

Well, your quotes weren't working in any of the previous comments in this thread, but they did work in the one you just made.

It supplies the text and tags, I just leave it at that. Besides, it's not like you can edit comments. :\