Originally Posted by
chocolatte
I think you have it backwards. IEIs aren't victims. we only act like them. nobody in beta actually allows themselves to be a victim (unless they have self esteem problems or something). acting strong for ST and acting weak for NF are the strategies to avoid being taken advantage of.
And I don't think IEIs wouldn't appeal to SLEs if deep down we were actually weak victims. what's intriguing about us to them is that despite being seemingly helpless with Se/Te idiocy, we're not actually, and have our own ways of getting what we want.
In a nutshell, SLE-IEI duality is about feeling strong together. So.. it goes both ways.