"I see a woman men would kill for to have in their possession."

"Besides, I'm just not the type of woman men get that worked up over!"

"I know I'm the kind of woman men like," she said.

Surely she wasn't the kind of woman men discussed at length!

She's the kind of woman men want to marry.

Louise was, a contemporary explained, "a woman men found hard to refuse."

I can make out only a few words-old woman, dark man.

You've said it yourself: Gloria was the kind of woman men felt passionately about, the sort to spark off strong feelings.