Why don't some charged items attract neutral items?

Question

I thought that either whether an object is positive or negative it will attract a neutral item.

Answer 1

Have you never heard the saying opposites attract? Negative charges attract positive charges and vice versa. Neither negative nor positive charges attract anything that is neutral. That is why they are neutral they have no properties of attraction. That is how insulators protect you from electricity.

Answer 2

Opposites attract, neutral has no opposite.

Answer 3

Because those neutral items have their charge bound tightly enough not to physically separate attracted charges from repelled charges under the influence of the charged item, which is what allows some neutral items to be attracted. The attracted charges exert more force than the repelled ones because they're closer..

Answer 4

Are you sure because any type of charge will attract a neutral item

Answer 5

NOTHING "attracts a neutral item", my friend.....that's what neutral means!