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It is not unprecedented to use a woman to allay suspicion, to reconnoiter, to bring a quarry into view, such things. - (Mercenaries of Gor, Chapter 2, Sentence #30)

I saw now a figure in the doorway, that of a woman. I did not think she should have framed herself in that fashion. One did not know, of course, if she were alone or not. It is not unprecedented to use a woman to allay suspicion, to reconnoiter, to bring a quarry into view, such things. I moved a little in the shadows, slowly, and back, and toward the center of the hut. In moving slowly one tends to convey, on a very basic level, that one is not intending harm; to be sure, even predators like the larl occasionally abuse this form of signaling, for example, in hunting tabuk, using it for purposes of deception; more rapid movement, of course, tends to precipitate defensive reactions. In moving back I had also tended to reassure the figure in the doorway that I meant no harm; this movement, too, of course, had the advantage of ensuring me reaction space; in moving toward the center of the hut I made it possible for her to see me better, this tending, too, one supposes, to allay suspicions; in this way, too, of course, I secured myself weapon space. - (Mercenaries of Gor)