| IMO "seduce" has the negative connotation that you are somehow manipulating a "target", whereas "charisma" is more positive; it means your behavior attracts positive attention -- that people find you compelling and interesting, that they will want to follow your lead. (Granted, in concrete terms these may not always be so different -- but to say that is to accept a cynical frame.) I understand "rizz" as entirely a short form of "charisma" with all the same connotations -- in which case I wouldn't focus it to "romantic interests" or to the goal of "ultimately seduce[ing] them" -- but it's possible that younger people use "rizz" differently than I use "charisma". The word "charisma" is a little gendered. You are more likely to hear a man described as "charismatic" than a woman. A woman is more likely to be -- well, honestly, the word would probably just be "hot" (or "sexy" -- as used here for Garibaldi), which would place a lot more emphasis on appearance; though to focus more on behavioral aspects, one might hear (I'm reaching here) "effervescent" or "fascinating". I suppose "magnetic" is also an option, though that seems pretty gender-neutral to me. The slang "game" you mention seems intermediate in connotation to me. The meaning is closer to "ability to seduce", but the connotation is not quite so negative. The implication is that "the game" is simply part of life, neither good nor bad; it is what it is. Of course, the connotations of "rizz" or "charisma" are less sexual overall. Possibly some amount of what I'm calling "positive connotations" or "negative connotations" simply reflects that, and our society's Judeo-Christian negativity towards sex (which in "conservative" places forces LGBT people at least a little into the closet; and in "liberal" places survives primarily for straight men, the bastards). Put another way, "charisma" or "rizz" is work-safe, indeed desirable in a CEO (and will likely be rewarded in most employees); whereas "seduction' is not work-safe. |
More of an affect that induces positive feelings that inspire devotion or a desire to follow.
> our society's Judeo-Christian negativity towards sex
Christianity, certainly not Catholicism, does not have a negativity toward sex. That's a trope that's reinforced by both the sexually deviant and the prudish in their own particular ways.
Rather, if one takes the time to understand the moral presuppositions of Catholicism in this regard (which are not "sectarian", if you will, but fully accessible to ethics sans any appeals to revelation), you learn that what is recognized as vice are abuses of sex and the sexual faculties, which, where sexual seduction is concerned, is absolutely the case.
As I posted elsewhere, "seduce" is from the Latin "seducere" [0] meaning "to lead away, lead aside or astray". In this case, it involves, through the exploitation of another's weaknesses, the suspension of the rational faculties of another through the enticement of the sexual appetites for the purpose of obtaining something you should not, because it is immoral (think Mata Hari), or would not if the person were in full possession of their rational faculties. The use of sex to accomplish such an end itself entails the further abuse of the sexual faculties, as it frustrates the end(s) of the sexual faculties.
There absolutely is a sexual ethics. Being a sexually moral person isn't "sex negativity". On the contrary, only people who live sexually moral lives are able to truly enjoy the beauty of sex. The persistent lie that human beings easily believe is that you can "cheat" morality, but all this demonstrates is a profound misunderstanding of the good.
[0] https://www.etymonline.com/word/seduce