Power attracts?

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Why do people find power so attractive (sexually or otherwise)?
Can you separate this attribute from the person’s other qualities so that it doesn’t play a part in their attractiveness? Do you want to submit to a powerful person or challenge them? Are you naturally mistrustful of a person in power? Hey moderators - do you have to put up with a lot of fawning fan mail or hate mail because of your position? Do you get propositioned because of being a mod?

I was just wondering because when Lynn said

I thought to myself that she sounded like Wilford Brimley in Absence of Malice and in some bizarre way it was kind of sexy!

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Usually people find power attractive, because it will make them more powerful as well. How about Tommy Mattola & Mariah Carey for an example.

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It’s not the power that attracts, it’s the confidence one gets from having power…that’s attractive.

Though I suppose that some people out there are (like gold-diggers) hoping it will get them what they lack.