A Man Is Not a Virgin: Difference between revisions

* [[Sex as Rite-Ofof-Passage]]: The character is desperately trying to have sex to establish his manhood.

* Aversion in [http://gila.faking-sanity.net/lotr/virgin.html this] ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' fanfic, where all of the members of the fellowship are virgins, except ''Pippin''.

* ''[[The 40-Year-Old Virgin]]'' was all about [[Sex as Rite-Ofof-Passage|the hero's attempts to lose his virginity]]. In a minor subversion, however, his male friends—who had all had sex and were eagerly egging him on—were in many ways much bigger losers than he was, and were certainly far more infantile and immature about sex, compared to the affable and handsome hero. One critic pointed that even his "unmanly" preference for bike riding rather than using a car or a motorcycle works to the hero's favor since it helps keep him in great shape and attractive to women.

* Parodied in ''[[Rustlers' Rhapsody]]''. Rex O'Herlahan, the singing cowboy, finds himself facing down (dramatic pause) another Good Guy. They both figure the most good good guy will win. In the end, Rex backs down, because a good guy has to be a "confident heterosexual," and Rex has never Done It ([[Sex as Rite-Ofof-Passage|He "fixes this" later on with the female lead]])

* Averted by ''[[Glee]]'', which portrays high school students' sex lives very accurately—or at least, more accurately than most shows. Kurt and Artie (unpopular) are both virgins at their introductions, as are Finn and Blaine (popular). Over the course of three seasons {{spoiler|all four of them}} lose their virginity, as do most of the virginal female characters. Special mention goes to Kurt, who explicitly states on two separate occasions that either he isn't ready for sex (to the point of ''literally'' sticking his fingers in his ears and going "la la la" in order to avoid talking about it), or that he wants his first time to be meaningful. On a smaller scale, however, played straight in "The Power of Madonna", when Finn is the only one who sleeps with his intended (in his case, [[Bi the Way|Santana]]) during the "Like a Virgin" number (Emma and Rachel [[My Girl Is Not a Slut|do not]]). It becomes [[Sex as Rite-Ofof-Passage]], and he "doesn't feel any different."

** Billy/Dr. Horrible - it's not mentioned whether he's a virgin or not, but he ruminates uncomfortably on Penny and Captain Hammer's relationship. "They're probably going to ...French kiss...or something." This could be virginity or simple deep denial. (The wide-eyed, [[Beavis and ButtheadButt-Head|Beavis-like]] reaction he has to accidentally picking up one of Penny's underthings in his prequel comic might suggest the former is most likely, though.)

*** Given that the volcano ''rejected'' him as a sacrifice and destroyed the entire island in disgust, it's heavily implied he ''was'' telling the truth. [[Unfortunate Implications|Which brings up the question of what exactly he would have lost it to that would cause a supernatural spirit to reject him so disgustedly.]]