If anyone serially raped or sexually harassed dozens of women over several decades I think it's highly probable that they have some strong personality disorder traits at the very least, even if not enough for a diagnosis. People who are quite well put together just don't fall into the habit of doing things like that to others.
http://www.psi.uba.ar/academica/car...ica_tr_personalidad_psicosis/material/dsm.pdf
There are many criteria for personality disorders that he either doesn't appear to fulfill or we don't have enough information to say if he does or not (well I don't anyway), and considering many people are saying they always thought he is a good guy it's possible that this is not true:
"The impairments in personality functioning and the individual's personality trait expression are relatively stable across time and consistent across situations."
But some things seem to fit (supposing there is no vast conspiracy that spins lies about him).
Manipulativeness is defined as "frequent use of subterfuge to influence or control others; use of seduction, charm, glibness, or ingratiation to achieve one's ends", and it is one of the criteria for antisocial personality disorder according to DSM5. This features prominently in most of the accusers' stories. So that would merit a checkmark, assuming they're telling the truth.
Another criteria is deceitfulness or "dishonesty and fraudulence; misrepresentation of self; embellishment or fabrication when relating events". If true he bought his dissertation from others I'd count it as dishonesty, and there probably would have to be some fabrication and misrepresentation of self involved if one is to get away with multiple rapes and still look like a good guy to one's wife and other onlookers.
Callousness or "lack of concern for feelings or problems of others; lack of guilt or remorse about the negative or harmful effects of one's actions on others; aggression; sadism"....I think this is highly likely in anyone who repeatedly rapes others for their own gratification. If you're worried about the negative effects rape would have on the victim, the solution is simple, don't do it. And apart from the rape allegations, I see some lack of concern for the feelings of others in some of his speeches, at least the way they have been reported, eg. the speech to Katrina victims that apparently focused more on what was wrong with them even before the storm than how to help, and the story about how he sold out his own daughter to keep the rape allegations from coming out seems, well...
Then there's hostility, "persistent or frequent angry feelings; anger or irritability in response to minor slights and insults; mean, nasty, or vengeful behavior". Many of his friends appear to disagree but I'm reminded of the reporter who got sent a dried up apple, and the way he behaved in the AP interview I wouldn't put it past Bill Cosby to be vengeful and to hold a grudge. There are a few people he's reportedly been holding a grudge for (that have nothing to do with the rape allegations.)
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/11/...t-what-he-did-has-always-given-me-the-creeps/
http://news.google.com/newspapers?n...90rAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VGQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2475,2829957
http://perezhilton.com/2011-03-16-bill-cosby-holds-a-grudge-against-russell-simmons
1984: TV Guide Magazine publishes a profile of Cosby, in which he is described as "combative, defensive, challenging, threatening and hostile. The most innocuous line of questioning could set him off." The article also details his propensity for holding grudges against anyone who digs too much into his personal life. "For example, TV Guide published an article 15 years ago that told how many cars he owned," the writer says. "He mentioned it to me at least twice, in anger."
http://www.tvguide.com/news/bill-cosby-rape-allegations-timeline-1089629.aspx
The 1984 article here:
http://franklinavenue.blogspot.fi/2014/11/throwback-thursday-difficult-bill-cosby.html
The reporter wonders, among other things, if Cosby thinks he's God and then walks across town with him and realizes how he might get such an impression. First he was nice to the people approaching him, then suddenly stopped and spent minutes haranguing two young women who asked for an autograph.
If he evokes feelings that he thinks he's God it sounds like there could be some grandiotic thinking involved and that in turn is a trait in narcissistic personality disorder.
Anyway he told the reporter that he thinks it's romantic if his wife sends him a dozen roses and I went, whaaat? You run around with Playboy bunnies and expect your WIFE to send YOU roses?
That's entitlement, IMO.
