[powertower]

> A negative charge has an inward electric field because it attracts positive charges. The positive charge has an outward electric field, pushing away like charges.

If this was true, then why does a negative charge not attract other negative charges?

[aaronkrolik]

Electric field forces are drawn as if you were placing a small positive charge in the field. The wording is awkward. If convention used a small negative test charge, the language (and diagram arrows) would be flipped. "inward electric field" is only with respect to a positive charge, not to all charges.