To understand it, let's take a look at what the bible says on this subject.
In Proverbs 7:5-26
"Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman. (relative)
That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flatterth with her words.
Now the writer of Proverbs begins to paint a picture:
For at the window of my house I looked through my casement. And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding.
Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house. (Minding his own business just passing by)
In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night; And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot (whore), and subtil(crafty, cunning, decietful) of heart.
She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house; now is she without (lonely), now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.
So she caught him (the young man), and kissed him, and with an impudent (saucy) face said unto him, "I have peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows.
Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee. (she is clearly tricking him into feeling special)
(She begins to allure him) I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt. I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with with loves.
For the goodman (husband) is not at home, he is gone a long journey;
He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed."
With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
Screeeeech. Wait a minute! She forced him? Let's continue.
He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks.;
Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth. Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths. For she cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her.
The writer of this passage is King Solomon (1 Kings 4:32). King Solomon was the son of King David who is still to this day known to be the wisest man that ever lived.
Solomon states here in the above passages that the young man void of understanding, the wounded , and the strong men are all able to be seduced by this type of woman. That pretty much covers all men.
He even goes so far to use the term "forced". Notice how he compares her trickery to snares. How the bird doesn't know he's headed right into the snare. Or like an ox that follows to the slaughter. His warning is to men, warning them to not even pass by her path.
Do you think you are wiser than King Soloman or your husband is stronger than the strong men spoken here in this passage?
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