A vixen is usually a

stereotype In social psychology, a stereotype is a generalized belief about a particular category of people. It is an expectation that people might have about every person of a particular group. The type of expectation can vary; it can be, for example ...

of women as mysterious, racy, salacious, and seductive. It is used as an

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and

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in literature and art.1859:, George Eliot. Adam Bede: page 54. Köln: Könemann Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, 1999 Vixens are commonly identified with dark hair and makeup, their

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, and seductress personas.

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