Seduction Victims: The 18 Types from Robert Greene’s “The Art of Seduction”

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Seduction Victims:  The 18 Types from Robert Greene’s “The Art of Seduction”
By H. Shive

As the saying goes, it takes two to tango.  There cannot be seducers without the seduced.

Robert Greene - the same author who gave us the 9 Types of Seducers - wrote another list of the 18 Types of Seduction Victims. 

Do you see yourself somewhere on the list?  Be careful!

The 18 Types of Seduction Victims

1. The Reformed Rake or Siren: They were once seducers themselves, but they settled down.  They feel the loss.  To seduce them, they must feel like they are back in the game again.  For a Reformed Rake, get his attention indirectly and let him burn with desire.  For a Reformed Siren, make her feel irresistible once again.  These people are unfaithful by nature; they will yearn for the return of their power, but…they will also suffer the consequences.
2. The Disappointed Dreamer:  These people read the big books and watched the epic movies.  They grew up with profound internal fantasy lives.  Now they’re grown up; they’ve compromised.  But a part of them still yearns for  grandiosity!  To seduce them, know that they have great imaginations and will respond to anything romantic or mysterious.  They desperately want a focus for their pent-up energy.  Make them feel adventurous and audacious.  Show them only some; their imaginations will fill in the blanks.  But reality will be your enemy.  Once the real you – real life – is seen, the illusion is destroyed. 
3. The Pampered Royal:  These people were spoiled children.  Most kids learn to entertain themselves somewhat, but the Pampered Royal thinks other people should entertain them.  They are looking for that parental figure that will spoil them again; that is what they crave!  To seduce them, the key is variety – provide distractions, create mysteries, give them spectacles and colors.  Once hooked, they will be dependent on you, as they were on their parents.  Recognize this type by their snobbery and pretension – they think they’re aristocrats.
4.  The New Prude:   Do not mistake puritanism for prudery.  Prudes don’t care about righteousness per se.  Prudes are obsessed by how others view them.  They stringently uphold societal standards of tastefulness, political sensitivity, and values.  They are judgmental and critical.  Deep down, they are excited by guilty pleasures and vices.  New Prudes will be seduced by simply being in contact with a Rake or Siren.  Once they finally let go of their inhibitions, they become your followers – and may even overwhelm you with their newly awakened energies.
5. The Crushed Star:  Once upon a time, these people were celebrated – she may have been the most beautiful woman in the room, he may have been the star athlete, or she was a rising star in the company.  But they have fallen.  To seduce them, do this:  make them the center of attention.  Be charming and attentive, fawning on their words, especially regarding their past glory.  Your attention relieves their inner pain.
6. The Novice:  They are innocent because they don’t have experience.  But they yearn for experience!  No one is as angelic as they seem.  Novices are attracted to those who seem like they have the most to teach – they are attracted to the rogues, the promiscuous, and wicked.  To seduce them, be wicked but look approachable.  You’re a fun rogue!  The best course is to mix innocence and corruption, and then they will be fascinated by you.
7. The Conqueror:  These people yearn for power.  They want to dominate, and they feed on aggression.  To seduce, do not be easy prey.  They want to chase; they want challenge; they want victory.  Coquetry works on them – because it keeps them off their balance.  Exhaust them and sooner or later they become dependent.  Just look at how Josephine controlled Napoleon.  Conquerors can be male or female.
8. The Exotic Fetishist:  These people are not just interested in the new (we all are), but they are obsessed with it as well.  They are really empty on the inside and don’t like who they are.  They think that their exhilaration is far outside themselves – the exotic.  To seduce: make yourself look exotic – make yourself theater to their need for the new.  But their inherent shallowness will make them weary of you quickly.      
9. The Drama Queen:  Both men and women can be Drama Queens.  Know them by the numerous tragedies and traumas in their life.  They want the pain and bother of drama – they identify with it.  If you are stable and secure, they will be bored with you.  Drama is necessary to alleviate their boredom.  To seduce them, you must show them your rough side – it’s the only thing they respect…or desire.
10. The Professor:  These people overanalyze everything.  Their minds are overdeveloped, usually at the expense of their physicality.  Underneath intellectual strengths are deep insecurities.  They want the physical, without analysis, without bars!  To seduce: offer them an escape from the mind.  Provide the physical stimulation that they cannot provide themselves.  They will be addicted.
11. The Beauty: Beauties know that they’re beautiful – it’s the source of their power.  But it can make them feel the lack of their other qualities.  Most people worship beauty from far away, and those who come closer only want one thing.  The Beauty can feel isolated.  To seduce: you must worship their body of course (it’s their power), but praise their other virtues, their skills, their principles, etc.  The Beauty has never had to work at romance before; a Beauty will be passive.  Coquetry would be used well here.  But beware!  Beauties are high maintenance. 
12. The Aging Baby:  Some people never want to grow up.  This can be tragic after a while – what was so sexy as a twenty-something can look tragic on a forty-something.  What they desperately want is someone else to be the “adult” in their life.  They want to be taken care of, so that they are free to play more often.  They are like children, and like children they can be narcissists. 
13. The Rescuer:  Rescuers are sensitive people and they may genuinely love to help the sad and weak.  But at the same time, they enjoy playing the rescuer – it strengthens their egos and makes them feel superior.  To seduce a Rescuer male, play the damsel in distress.  To seduce a Rescuer female, play the victim in a heartless world.
14. The Roué, or Rogue:  Rogues have lived the high life and have experienced every pleasure they could find.  By exhausting their carnality, they exhausted themselves.  They are jaded.  They yearn for the youth and innocence which they can never have again.  To seduce them: you will need to at least look young.  Claim that you are inexperienced to seem more innocent.  They will be drawn to your innocence, even as they try to steal it from you. 
15.  The Idol Worshipper: Everyone feels a little empty on the inside, but Idol Worshippers are emptier than most.  They will look for great causes or great people to adore and serve, thus distracting them from their inner emptiness.  To seduce them:  let romance and their “religion” combine.  At first, share their cause, and then become it.  Hide your flaws, or give them a holy polish.  Keep yourself elevated; mirror the qualities that inspire them.     
16. The Sensualist:  All people like pleasure, but Sensualists have overactive senses – and those senses demand to be fed.  Sensualists will be sensitive to lights and colors, get thrills from a scents or aromas, and love the touch and texture of things.  To seduce them:  aim for their senses!  Find out what they enjoy, like favorite colors, scents, and sounds.  Appeal to their senses and they will be distracted and vulnerable.  Variety in kind and quality will keep them from being bored. 
17. The Lonely Leader:  Powerful people are distrustful of others – who are often fawning and complimentary just for something in return.  They lose respect for other people and feel isolated.  That isolation is the key to their seduction.  Try talking to them as an equal, because – without flattery – you will seem more genuine.  There’s not much room for seduction in their minds, perhaps because they have become hard or arrogant.  But keep a way to stay active in their mind, and they will enjoy the escape you provide from the mean details of their world. 
18. The Floating Gender:  People of this type feel that the distinction between genders is a burden.  In more traditional societies, they may go underground – repressing the one side and expressing the other.  They may be considered latent homosexuals – but they could just as well be very heterosexual, just expressing different energies.  What they seek is someone who allows them to relax their self-control, so that they can explore their repressed energies.  If you’re not a Floating Gender yourself, don’t bother to seduce them – your lie will be quickly discovered.  

Conclusion

Robert Greene wrote of what he called the “Victim Theory” of seduction:  “Nobody in this world feels whole and complete.  We all sense some gap…When we fall in love, it is often with someone who seems to fill that gap.  The process is usually unconscious and depends on luck…But the seducer does not leave such things to chance.”

Seducers will not wait for luck. They will make their own luck.  They will chase you, hunt you, and ravish you. 

That’s exactly what some people want!  Even if you are a victim, can you honestly say that you went unwillingly into their arms?  

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Sources:
Greene, Robert.  The Art of Seduction. Penguin Books, 2003.

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