I understand the other components of the dark triad. Psychopathy and narcicism make a person self-confident and fearless. But is machiavellanism in itself actually seeable and attractive to women or is it just a way to get them, because it means manipulating? If a woman understands that a man really has machiavellanism in himself (gets caught lying and manipulating with others) wouldn't that actually be a turn-off and not alpha?