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Is there a male equivalent for the femme fatale? What would he be called? Can you think of fantasy books that use a flirty attractive manipulative male character that leads the heroine into trouble? I can only think of one. (Long term boyfriends who are generally losers aren't the same thing).
There is such a thing as “homme fatal” which is the male equivalent of a femme fatale, but from my understanding it’s not nearly as common since the sexual/sensual powers of woman have generally been viewed as more mysterious, dark, and “dangerous” than the sexual/sensual powers of man.
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But femme fatales offer male protagonists sex without requiring him to commit or love her, which makes it a no-strings-attached kind of deal. So on second thought... not really comparable. TLDR: femme fatales offer male protagonists instant-gratification sex that distracts them from their real goal.
Mar 5, 2020 · As liable to stab you in the back as seduce you, and always more scantily clad. These were the Femmes Fatales. Although popularized largely by the film noir era of the 1940s and 50s, the Femme Fatale actually has a much longer tradition in narrative fiction, one that goes back almost as far as storytelling itself.
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Nov 28, 2022 · Julibert’s book ends with two counterpoints. First, she discusses Flaubert’s Bouvard and Pécuchet, a parable about love in which femmes fatales are conspicuous by their absence, a rarity in the French author’s time. Instead, Flaubert’s two male protagonists live a relationship defined by a non-erotic, but perhaps healthier, desire.
Feb 26, 2014 · Joe Benevento’s first mystery novel, and ninth book of poetry and fiction overall, The Monsignor’s Wife, came out in September of 2013 with Moonshine Cove Publishing. For more information go to: www.AuthorJoeBenevento.com. Writer Joe Benevento looks at the femme fatale trope in crime fiction and how it can be used to round out protagonists.
Feb 22, 2023 · Kahlo's self-portraits challenge the traditional idea of the femme fatale as a passive object of male desire and instead present her as an active subject who owns her own sexuality and identity.
