10 July 2003

A new term: The Delilah syndrome

I learned a new term today. Delilah syndrome: "Promiscuity in a woman motivated by a desire to render men weak and helpless [Named after the Philistine mistress of Samson (in Judges 16:4-22), who deprived him of his strength by cutting off his hair]." From Andrew Colman, Oxford Dictionary of Psychology. Interesting.