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I think the male version just doesn't take the "domination" form, more like "seduction", "manipulation". My knowledge here is incomplete but it seems the typical Marvel male superhero never really seems weak to subtle forces, but that dynamic shows up in horror, sci-fi.

QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)

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being seduced is really hot though 🤔 i can't think of any fictional depiction of a man being seduced by a woman that is scary as opposed to basically really hot. i haven't watched the movie where scarlett johansson kills dudes though but i bet that's still hot

10:13 PM · Feb 28, 2022Twitter Web App

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i think ultimately men don't fear being seduced or manipulated by women anywhere near as much as they fear being abandoned and ignored by them (i don't at least)

Jessica

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Feb 28

Yeah, that makes sense, I can definitely understand rejection/abandonment as a primary fear. Seduction seems less of the central figure of the fear vs. what comes after - siren's song leading to doom, Fatal Attraction woman going crazy... both start out hot!

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There is the yandere trope, but yeah, that ends up feeling simultaneously scary and hot.

Jessica

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Feb 28

But the merging of hot + scary might be how the flip side with women works too... like, it's a perversion of something that we typically think of as feeling good - being seduced for men, being open/trusting for women. Idk, just spitballing.

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if you mean Under The Skin, i found her performance unsettling and fascinating exactly because she doesn't seduce them. all she has to do is be there, be available, and her food just make up the rest in their own minds and follow.