“they are dressing to CONTROL men”
But you don’t control diabetics by putting a candy dish in front of them.
It’s not the most apt metaphor.
They don’t need to promise a man anything to control them. Hormones in men do that for them. Women get pretty skilled at subtle manipulation in order to get what they want.
There’s a great scene in The Departed:
Matt Damon’s character walks out of Captain Queenan’s office after Queenan greets him, as is his custom with all the new State Troopers. Leonard Dicaprio’s character is waiting in the office outside to be seen.
The secretary folds her arms under her breasts and leans completely forward as Damon is walking into the outer office to give Damon a shot at her cleavage, which isn’t even ample. She says, “Congratulations!”, to which he replies, “Thanks hon.” He gets what she’s doing and plays it off while acknowledging it.
As soon as he leaves, she straightens up, and without looking at Dicaprio says, “You can go in there now.”
It is a CLASSIC scene. Many don’t even pick it up, but it is precisely what we’re talking about here.