The Art of Seduction

be indirect. Create news and events for the media to pick up, spreading your name in a way that seems spontaneous, not hard or calculated. Seductive: keep it entertaining.

Your name and image are bathed in positive associations; you are selling pleasure and prom-

ise. Insidious: aim at the unconscious, using images that linger in the mind, placing

your message in the visuals. Frame what you are selling as part of a new

trend, and it will become one. It is almost impossible to

resist the soft seduction

Associate yourself with poetic images and object

A woman never quite feels desired and appreciated enough. She wants attention, but a man is too often distracted and unresponsive. T

A woman never quite feels desired and appreciated enough. She wants attention, but a man is too often distracted and unresponsive

she offers a total release from the limitations of his life.

A man is often secretly oppressed by the role he has to play— by always having to be responsible, in control, and rational.

they crave the atmosphere you have created, the seduction is complete. As

in the floating world, money is to be wasted. Generosity and luxury go

hand in hand with a seductive environment

The second form of feminine boldness does not bother with such illusions: the woman simply takes charge, initiates the first kiss, pounces on

her victim.

Beware the Aftereffects

Danger follows

in the aftermath of a successful se-

duction. After emotions have reached a pitch,

they often swing in the opposite direction— toward

lassitude, distrust, disappointment. Beware of the long,

drawn-out goodbye; insecure, the victim will cling and claw,

and both sides will suffer. If you are to part, make the sacrifice

swift and sudden. If necessary, deliberately break the spell you

have created. If you are to stay in a relationship, beware a flag-

ging of energy, a creeping familiarity that will spoil the

fantasy. If the game is to go on, a second seduction is

required. Never let the other person take you for

granted— use absence, create pain and con-

flict, to keep the seduced on ten-

terhooks.

There are two main forms of feminine

boldness. In the first, more traditional form, the coquettish woman stirs

male desire, is completely in control, then at the last minute, after bringing

her victim to a boil, steps back and lets him make the bold move. She sets it

up, then signals with her eyes, her gestures, that she is ready for him.