A womanizer, player, or philanderer is a man who engages in love affairs with women he cannot or will not marry. The love affairs are typically sexually motivated, with little emotional attachment. The most famous of these is typically Giacomo Casanova, though his motivations and level of commitment are debatable. Michelangelos David is widely considered to be one of the finest artistic portrayals of a man. ... Image of a woman on the Pioneer plaque sent to outer space. ... Giacomo Casanova “Casanova” redirects here. ...

Fictional womanizers include Don Juan, the title character in Don Giovanni, Roald Dahl's Uncle Oswald, and Ian Fleming's James Bond. In most of these tales dating all the way back to Don Juan, womanizers are often punished for their callous behaviour in various ways, for example, Jack Black's character in Shallow Hal, Willie Swain's character in Schwilly Circus, or Telly from the 1996 film Kids. Don Juan with his sword in Don Giovanni, by Chopin Don Juan is a legendary fictional libertine, whose story has been told many times by different authors. ... Don Giovanni (K.527) is an opera in two acts with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte. ... Roald Dahl (IPA: ) (13 September 1916 – 23 November 1990) was a Welsh novelist, short story author and screenwriter of Norwegian descent, famous as a writer for both children and adults. ... Uncle Oswald is a literary character created by Roald Dahl, who features in the short stories The Visitor and Bitch and the novel My Uncle Oswald. ... Ian Lancaster Fleming (May 28, 1908 – August 12, 1964) was a British author, journalist and Second World War Naval Officer. ... This article is about the character. ... Jack Black (born Thomas J. Black, Jr. ... Shallow hal is a 2001 romantic comedy film starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Jack Black and Jason Alexander. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

There is no corresponding term of "manizer" in the language as yet, although the type can be found to exist; some use the term, "maneater", as in the 1982 Hall & Oates hit song "Maneater". A famous literary example might be Lady Brett Ashley in Ernest Hemingway's novel The Sun Also Rises, a woman of a certain age who chases a nineteen-year-old matador. Blanche DuBois, the third member of a sexual triangle in A Streetcar Named Desire by the playwright Tennessee Williams, is another example. Ariel Levy reports in Female Chauvinist Pigs that women are also now being referred to as players if they treat sex in a similar manner to male players. Hall & Oates is a popular music duo made up of Daryl Hall and John Oates. ... Maneater is a song recorded by American duo Daryl Hall and John Oates. ... Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist. ... Battlestar Galactica episode, see The Son Also Rises. ... Matador Antonio Barrera in the capote de paseo (dress cape) before a bullfight during the 2003 Aste Nagusia festival in Bilbao, Spain For other uses, see Matador (disambiguation). ... A Streetcar Named Desire is a famous American play written by Tennessee Williams for which he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1948. ... Thomas Lanier Williams III (March 26, 1911 – February 25, 1983), better known by the pseudonym Tennessee Williams, was a major American playwright and one of the prominent playwrights of the twentieth century. ... Ariel Levy is a contributing editor at New York magazine and author of the book Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture. ... Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture is a 2005 book by Ariel Levy which critiques modern feminist culture in America. ...

Fictional womanizers/players

• Brock (Pokemon)
• Odd Della Robbia (Code Lyoko)
• Brad Burns (Virtua Fighter)
• Boomhauer (King of the Hill)
• Hawkeye Pierce (M*A*S*H)
• Captain Kloss (Stawka większa niż życie)
• Bruce Wayne (Batman)
• James Bond
• Chef (South Park)
• Glenn Quagmire (Family Guy)
• Miroku (InuYasha)
• Denny Crane (Boston Legal)
• Alan Shore (Boston Legal)
• George Oscar "G.O.B." Bluth (Arrested Development)
• James Tiberius Kirk (Star Trek: TOS)
• William Riker (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
• Jack McCoy (Law & Order)
• Koko Eshgian (Mira Vista Pimp)

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See also

• Rake
• Seduction