Many women with issues will cling to men that offer them little to no emotional intimacy, etc. I can think of many examples of this, but the dynamic that I see is that the man is really just in it for sex and to not be single and really isn't all that interested in her as a person. These women, with whatever issues they have, behave clingy towards these men and desperately pursue getting any form of validation or emotional acceptance from them. This is where the "bad boy"/player type can be applied.
I can cite a specific example of a man in his mid-late 20s that I personally know that is like this and he attracts these types of women. His behavior is relatively the same across the board when it comes to his interactions with women. His game is based around meeting a lot of women and very few of them ever stay around for very long, which implies that they pick up on how he operates and quickly next him. Women like this are showing more well adjusted emotional responses to someone like this. However, there have also been several women that pursued this man and craved any form of validation from him. He was emotionally unavailable but because of their issues they feel that they need to chase after him, whereas with a more normal man who perhaps is available to them they don't see it as a challenge. The phrase "he is just too nice" comes to mind when women see a guy that is actually interested in them as being "boring".