Modern readers flipping the pages of Proverbs would have to be incredibly inattentive to fail
to notice that the warnings about lapsing into sexual sin are ... all
directed at men.
In fact, where adultery is concerned, it could be argued that Solomon viewed women of a
certain sort as cunning predators and men as their potential victims. Foolish
and gullible victims, certainly. Unknowing and uncaring of the consequences of
their actions, definitely. But victims all the same ... even though we
know it takes two to tango, right?
Where are the parallel passages warning
young Hebrew women against the prowling adulterer with lust in his eyes? Why,
they are nowhere to be found.