I'm sorry on behalf of my species.

It is assured that men of all ages imagine a woman naked when they first meet.

This whole conversation was turning into a twisted version of Abbot & Costello's Who's on First.

Hunter versus prey, and the look in his eyes told her, in no uncertain terms, eating her alive was a distinct possibility.

It was this feminine conspiracy which made Southern society so pleasant. Women knew that a land where men were contented, uncontradicted ans safe in possession of unpunctured vanity was likely to be a very pleasant place for women to live. So, from the cradle to the grave, women strove to make men pleased with themselves, and the satisfied men repaid lavishly with gallantry and adoration. In fact, men willingly gave ladies everything in the world except credit for having intelligence.

Women have been deceiving men since the Garden of Eden. They’ve had centuries of practice.