Suppose / Imagine

Then if you're asking about these...

1. Suppose you were a woman, would you try to seduce him?

2. Suppose you are a woman, would you try to seduce him?

...the answer is that #1 is much better. In the second sentence there's a mixed conditional, but it's not the kind of mixed conditional that sounds too odd. Anyway, it depends on the general context. I would say the more you separate the clauses in #2, the more the sentence sounds good. Like:

Suppose you are a woman... ...would you try to seduce him?

In speech this is likely to happen, because speakers aren't always paying attention to the exact words they choose. The often change tenses...

Just my opinion, though

... prefer? 1. Suppose you were a woman.  Would you try to seduce him? 2. Suppose you are a woman. Would you try to seduce him?

The first.

And the version with will is "awful"!  I would never say that. 

CJ

Marius: «Doesn't really work.»

I felt the same way, but was interested what Kooyeen didn't like in «Suppose you are a woman, would you try...».

«Suppose introduces an assumption, will expresses a question about the definite willingness/intention to do something.»

Maybe it _is_ incorrect, but I don't fully understand your explanation. Where is the contradiction? Supposed is one thing (being a woman), and another thing is the goal of a definite intention (seducing).

Rephrasing:«Suppose you are a woman. Would you have a definite intention to seduce him?» — Yes, it sounds terrible, but I am trying to show you the lack of contradictions.

Anyway, if it sounds wrong to you then it's probably wrong.

Thanks for so the patience-consuming conversation!

Can we conclude that suppose and imagine can be used interchangeably?