A Man Is Not a Virgin: Difference between revisions

{{quote|''"Well, Seymour, it's clear you've been falsely accused, because no one, anywhere, ''ever'', would pretend to be a 44-year-old virgin."''|'''Superintendant Chalmers''', ''[[The Simpsons (Animation)|The Simpsons]]'', "Grade School Confidential." }}

 

 

Establishing the character's sexual competence varies from seeing a beautiful blonde, who has nothing to do with the plot and no lines to speak, crossing or leaving his bedroom early on in the film, to references to his ex-wife or old flames. Generally, however, the more macho [[Action Hero|Action Heroes]] don't have wives or steady girlfriends when the adventure starts, because that would stop them from hooking up with the female lead. We just have to be made aware that [[Double Standard|she is far from being the first beautiful woman he's had]] (Direct-to-DVD movies often get much lazier about this and combine it with the requisite [[Fan Service|sex scene]], and will often have the male protagonist have sex with a few girls on screen while he's ''in the process'' of falling for the female protagonist).

 

 

Note that the term "virgin" originally meant "a female who has not had sex with a man", and thus literally no male was ''ever'' a virgin -- which sort of underscores the trope. The definition became more vague as language evolved.

 

Contrast [[Chaste Hero]], [[Celibate Hero]], [[Urban Legend Love Life]] and [[Nature Adores a Virgin]]. For the (more or less) [[Gender Flip|gender-inverted]] version, see [[My Girl Is a Slut]].

 

== Anime ==

* Discussed in one chapter of the shoujo manga ''Men's Highschool'', practically lampshading this trope [http://www.mangareader.net/mens-kou/23/10 in this page].

* Discussed in ''TSF Monogatari'', where Takumi comments that, since he's been [[Gender Bender|turned into a girl]], her virginity is [[Double Standard|now an asset as opposed to a stigma]]...which she loses not ten minutes later.

* ''Kodomo no Jikan'' subverts it. At first, Aoki seems like the posterboy for this trope, however he grows out of the stereotypical problems a virgin has. He's still a virgin years later (and involved in two love triangles at once).

 

 

== Comic Books ==

* Averted in ''[[Sin City]]'', in which it is implied that Marv -- the big, tough, near-invincible badass -- was having "the night of his life" with Goldie, and lost his virginity to her. Marv specifically says that not even any of the city's numerous prostitutes would come near him due to his enormous stature, tough looks, and violent reputation, the implication being that certainly no non-prostitute would come within a mile of him.

* Also averted in ''[[Watchmen (Comic Book)|Watchmen]]'' with Rorschach. He's either asexual or is very repressed. Either way, with sexual issues ranging back to his childhood, his fear of women and his trouble mingling with people in general, it's pretty obvious that Rorschach is a virgin.

** [[Fanon]] states that Peter lost his virginity during the first Clone Saga with Mary Jane Watson. After this, all bets are off.

** He recently had a one-night stand with his roommate, which serves no purpose other than to have Peter get some (and complicate his life even more).

* The ''[[The Punisher|Punisher]]'' story arc "Valley Forge, Valley Forge," contains excerpts from a fictitious book written by the younger brother of a Vietnam soldier who died in combat. The writer reveres his brother's memory, describing him as "Clark Kent played by Jimmy Stewart," and in one passage the writer notes how glad he is that his brother lost his virginity before enlisting:

{{quote| "I'm also reliably informed he didn't go to Vietnam a virgin... I was relieved to hear it. In light of what eventually befell him, learning otherwise would have killed me just a little bit more."}}

** ''[[Star Trek the Next Generation|TNG]]'' made a bit of a deal out of Geordi La Forge not being able to get a date with a woman (even though he did, on several occasions, even if one of them ''was'' a hologram).

** And lets not forget Commander Riker, who's sexploits rival or exceed those of Kirk's (who might as well be the [[Trope Namer]]) Riker also functions as something of a sexual sidekick to the more restrained Captain Picard (especially in the first season). Of course, Picard gets his fair share of action over the run of TNG.

* Averted in Marcus Cole in ''[[Babylon 5 (TV)|Babylon 5]]'', who was a self-professed virgin and quite comfortable that way because he felt he hadn't met the right woman. He did eventually meet her, but died before they could consummate. She is shown lamenting that later.

** It's actually a pretty good subversion, as Marcus, ''the virgin,'' is repeatedly shown as being an incredibly talented fighter, once [[Badass|wiping out an entire bar while barely losing his breath]]

* Played straight in ''[[The Sarah Connor Chronicles]]''. {{spoiler|Cameron actually pops John Connor's cherry (sort of) in a scene that's an extremely thinly-veiled metaphor for awkward, nervous first-time sex. Immediately after this begins a series of events that culminate in John leaving his mother behind, travelling to the future and going off to war...}}

* Averted in ''[[3rd Rock From the Sun|3rd Rock from the Sun]]'', which concerns aliens who take on human form. It's not clear what forms they had as aliens, but one assumes they don't have sex like humans do. When their leader Dick loses his virginity (at least, human virginity) he declares "Oh, Dr. Albright! That was the greatest thirty seconds of my life!"

** Averted with the [[Characterization Marches On|innocent version]] of Radar. While he worries about it a fair bit, anytime he does someone (usually Hawkeye) will tell him that a girl he wants to bring home to his mother is worth waiting for.

*** In the episode "Springtime", when Klinger gets married, after a date with a nurse, Radar walks into the room where the ceremony is held, all crumbled up saying "I think I've just been slaked".

 

== Web Original ==

** 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 Butthead|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.)

** Billy's evil moisture buddy Moist has a double date in Act I, and a hot date in Act III.