I believe manipulation is a way of life for some people. I think we all (PTSD or not) have been manipulated at some or many points in our life. I know I feel vulnerable to manipulation.

What is manipulation anyway? Being coerced to do something we don't want to do. Being coerced to please another and do it their way? If we are manipulated why did we go along?

After we have been manipulated we get angry because we feel used.

I feel either sex can have the art of manipulation and use it as a weapon to satisfy their own needs. They tend to be selfish and self-centered people.

To learn to recognize it in the process and act on your own beliefs is a learned response and takes a lot of experience and time to develop.