History DistractedByTheSexy / Literature

** In ''[[Literature/TheHeroesOfOlympus The Demigod Diaries]]'', Percy is supposed to come up with a clever plan. Instead, he starts thinking about how Annabeth looks...

* [[Literature/ClockpunkAndTheVitalizer Clockpunk]] is easily distracted by The Vitalizer during their fights and conversations. Made funnier by the fact that he's fully and pretty normally dressed.

* After disguising herself as a woman who doesn't know "...how to spell FBI." in ''Blackout'' Agent Bronsky discovers she has this effect on men, causing a passerby to fall over someone else as she walks by him.

* DaveBarry explores this phenomenon in ''Dave Barry's Complete Guide to Guys''. He refers to it as "Lust-Induced Brain Freeze," or LIBF for short.

* Becomes a ChekovsGun in ''Literature/{{Ghoul}}''.

* In JohnCWright's ''Literature/ChroniclesOfChaos'', [[spoiler: Hermes]] pauses in mid-rampage to monologue to Vanity. Lampshaded by Amelia:

* Arthur C. Clarke's ''RendezvousWithRama'' contains a passage detailing a space captain's frustration with the distractions of [[JigglePhysics jiggle physics]] in zero-G, concluding that he's "quite sure that at least one serious space accident had been caused by acute crew distraction, after the transit of an unholstered lady officer through the control cabin." One woman, upon reading this, [[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,943028-3,00.html wrote that she agreed]] that such distractions would make male astronauts unable to do their jobs, and thus the space program, as a precaution, would have to exclude men.
* Non-human variation in ''[[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire A Game of Thrones]]'': Ser Loras Tyrell knowingly rides a mare in heat in the tourney, causing the stallion of his opponent, Ser Gregor Clegane, to be skittish and difficult to control. Also shown in the [[Series/GameOfThrones TV series]].
** A few books later, [[ButtMonkey Edmure Tully]] is so distracted by the prospect of, uh, getting to know his new bride better that he completely fails to notice [[spoiler: his family, friends, and king being massacred down the hall]]. Their first child was conceived that night.
*** This is the second time that sort of thing has happened to him. A book earlier, he completely missed the fact that his most important prisoner was escaping from his cell because he was too busy heading off to a brothel.
* Any male in ''ThePaleKing'' who is in the vicinity of Meredith Rand, with the exception of Shane Drinion.

* OlderThanFeudalism: In ''The {{Ramayana}}'', one aside during Rama's wedding procession describes how a man marching in the parade sees a girl in a chariot in danger of having a WardrobeMalfunction. He's so distracted he ends up walking into the rear end of an elephant in front of him.
* ''PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'':

* In the EightySeventhPrecinct novel ''Ten Plus One'' (about the race to find who's murdering people around the city with no apparent connection), the officers on duty have this reaction when one of the potential victims, a stunning blonde actress, arrives seeking protection. [[spoiler: In case you're wondering, they catch the sniper before he can cross her off his list.]]

* Non-human variation in ''[[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire A Game of Thrones]]'': Ser Loras Tyrell knowingly rides a mare in heat in the tourney, causing the stallion of his opponent, Ser Gregor Clegane, to be skittish and difficult to control. Also shown in the [[AGameOfThrones TV series]].

* In ''Literature/RoleOfHonour'', undercover CIA-agent Cindy provides distraction for Literature/JamesBond by undressing on front of her room's window. This catches the attention of two guards, giving Bond a chance to make his way to his car and send an important message to his people.

* After disguising herself as a woman who doesn't know "...how to spell FBI." in ''Blackout'' Agent Bronsky discovers she has this effect on men, causing a passer by to fall over someone else as she walks by him.

* OlderThanFeudalism: In ''The {{Ramayana}}'', one aside during Rama's wedding procession describes how a man marching in the parade sees a girl in a chariot in danger of having a WardrobeMalfunction. He's so distracted he ends up walking into the rear end of an elephant in front of him.

* Recognized and used in ''Literature/TheAnnalsOfTheChosen'' by [[LawrenceWattEvans Lawrence Watt-Evans]] -- one of the eight [[TheChosenOne Chosen Ones]] is the Beauty, whose primary abilities are this and the HoneyTrap.

* [[HotWitch Molly]] in ''TheDresdenFiles'' pulls this off on purpose to get some information out of a young PI with integrity. It was a hot day. So she removed her bra and cooled her chest, taking over a beer bottle to talk to the guy. He never stood a chance.