Bad Boy MBTI Personality Type
Personality
What personality type is Bad Boy? Bad Boy is an ESTP personality type in MBTI, 8w7 - sx/sp - 874 in Enneagram, SCUEN in Big 5, SLE in Socionics.
I'm thinking that a socially introverted ESTP would fit the bad boy archetype much more than ISTP for 3 reasons. Sorry for the wall of text haha - ISTPs have inferior Fe, which will make them more abrasive and less likeable than ESTPs (tertiary Fe) - ISTPs have tertiary Ni, which gives them a higher will and ability to consider long term consequences and outcomes than ESTPs (inferior Ni) making them less likely to act on impulse and rebel (also related to dominant versus auxiliary Se) - ESTP looping = Se-Fe; ISTP looping = Ti-Ni. When ESTPs experience function loops, they exemplify the traits of an unhealthy bad boy (risk taking and womanizing) whereas ISTPs experiencing function loops become very withdrawn, overanalytical, and neurotic. The Bad Boy is an inherently unhealthy archetype, so we can expect that some of the archetype's behavior can be explained by MBTI as being the result of function looping. Although the ISTP loop makes for broody individuals (like stereotypical bad boys), the bad boy is more defined by impulsive behavior and attractiveness than neuroticism, since without those things he'd be a loner, not a bad boy.
Biography
The bad boy is a cultural archetype that is variously defined, and is often used synonymously with the historic terms rake or cad: a male who behaves badly, especially within societal norms. An irresistible rogue who has the dizzying ability to drive women wild with a laissez-faire attitude about life and love.
