Editing Seduction (section)

{{Short description|Enticing a person to sexual behaviour}}
{{Distinguish|subduction|sedation}}
{{for-multi|other uses|Seduction (disambiguation)|the painting by Magritte|The Seducer}}
{{Redirect|Seduced|the documentary|Seduced: Inside the NXIVM Cult}}
[[File:William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905) - The Proposal (1872).jpg|thumb|''The Proposition'' (1872), [[William-Adolphe Bouguereau]] (1825–1905)]]
In [[sexuality]], '''seduction''' means enticing someone else into [[sexual intercourse]] or [[Human sexual activity|other sexual activity]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Hatfield |first1=Elaine |last2=Sprecher |first2=Susan |title=Seduction |journal=The International Encyclopedia of Human Sexuality |date=2015 |pages=1115–1354 |doi=10.1002/9781118896877.wbiehs424}}</ref> Strategies of seduction include [[conversation]] and [[Sexual script theory|sexual scripts]],<ref name=":4">{{Cite journal|author=Littleton, H. L.|author2=Axsom, D.|name-list-style=amp|year=2003|title=Rape and seduction scripts of university students: Implications for rape attributions and unacknowledged rape.|doi=10.1023/A:1025824505185|journal=Sex Roles|volume=49 |issue=9–10|pages=465–475|s2cid=146523271}}</ref> [[paralanguage|paralingual features]],<ref name=":5" /> [[non-verbal communication]],<ref name=":6" /><ref name=":7" /> and short-term behavioural strategies.<ref name=":8" />

The word ''seduction'' stems from Latin and means, literally, 'leading astray'.<ref>{{Cite book |author=Glare, P. G. |title=Oxford Latin dictionary |publisher=Clarendon Press. Oxford University Press. |year=1982}}</ref> As a result, the term may have a negative [[connotation]]. Seen negatively, seduction involves [[temptation]] and [[wikt:enticement|enticement]], often sexual in nature, to coerce someone into a behavioural choice they would not have made if they were not in a state of [[sexual arousal]]. Seen positively, seduction is synonymous for the act of charming someone—male or female—by an appeal to the senses, often with the goal of reducing unfounded [[Fear|fears]] and leading to "[[sexual emancipation]]". Some sides in contemporary academic debate state that the [[morality]] of seduction depends on the long-term impacts on the individuals concerned, rather than the act itself, and may not necessarily carry the negative connotations expressed in dictionary definitions.<ref>{{Cite journal |author=Abbey, A. |year=1982 |title=Sex differences in attributions for friendly behavior: Do males misperceive females' friendliness?. |journal=Journal of Personality and Social Psychology |volume=42 |issue=5 |pages=830–838 |doi=10.1037/0022-3514.42.5.830}}</ref>

Famous seducers from history or legend include [[Lilith]], [[Giacomo Casanova]], and the fictional character [[Don Juan]]. The emergence of the internet and technology has supported the availability and the existence of a [[seduction community]], which is based on discourse about seduction. This is predominantly by "[[pickup artist|pickup artists]]" (PUA). Seduction is also used within [[marketing]] to increase compliance and willingness.<ref name=":3">{{Cite journal|author=Deighton, J.|author2=Grayson, K.|name-list-style=amp|year=1995|title=Marketing and seduction: Building exchange relationships by managing social consensus|journal=Journal of Consumer Research|volume=21 |issue=4|pages=660–676|doi=10.1086/209426}}</ref>