Women who Ravished the World

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Common mythology holds that classic modern seductresses-Mae West, Madonna, Marilyn Monroe-have used their sexuality to claim the men of their choice and keep them fascinated for life. Historical seductresses can claim even more power in the bedroom: Cleopatra, Delilah and Catherine the Great, to name just a few. Other temptresses, including such modern sirens as World War I's Mata Hari, are credited with changing the course of history in the bedroom. The paper looks at the history of several of these temptresses through the ages and concludes that the power of any seductress might be short-lived and marginal at best. The women focused on in the paper are Catherine the Great, Mata Hari and Marilyn Monroe.

Paper Outline:
Introduction
The Queen of Temptresses
The Wages of Sin, 20th Century Style
Modern Sirens
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From the Paper:

"Mata Hari displayed amazing naivete for a temptress; in fact, Schirmann thinks that far from using her talents to protect herself, she squandered her gifts, having once said that she would rather sleep with a poor military officer than a rich banker (Lichfield 2001, database online). A true seductress would have preferred the rich banker who could protect her as well as amuse her, in the way Catherine the Great slept with those who could help maintain her in power."

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