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[Star Trek] Why is Lwaxanna Troi, an empathic telepath who's also an ambassador, seemingly so socially inept?

Does she know her advances make a lot of the men she pursues uncomfortable?
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In addition to doing it deliberately as a power play, remember that she grew up on Betazed, where *everyone* is telepathic. There's no sense in trying to be coy or hide feelings, even inappropriate ones. Everyone already knows how you feel, and you know how they feel. What Lwaxanna lacks isn't comprehension or empathy, what she lacks is *shame*.

So she's making someone uncomfortable. So what? Is she supposed to pretend she doesn't want to hit that? On her planet you'd know anyway. So hiding her feelings, having *shame* isn't something that comes naturally to her. Self control, at least when it comes to what she says, isn't something she's practiced. 

This is exacerbated by the fact that she's also a prominent person with a lot of political power. She's used to getting what she wants. And not for nothing - we do see that despite her faults she is still an accomplished, skillful negotiator and mediator. So in addition to having the authority to get what she wants, she's just plain good at it. 

And finally, you can't ignore her age and that she's single. She's old and lonely. She's old enough that the consequences of her actions don't amount to much. So you don't like her, what are you going to do about it? Not like her back? She has more friends on more planets than most people know exist, she's got money, she doesn't *need* you to like her, unless she wants you to because she wants the D. So her thirst makes her even less likely to hold back.