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* Averted in [[Tales of Kolmar]]. The king of the dragons is virginal, because sex is painful and the desire to mate rarely happens for his kind, and anyway he wants to find someone he can have deep mutual love with. Several human characters just plain aren't interested later, though to be fair Will ''could'' have had sex and never mentioned it, he just was supremely uninterested in anyone except [[Single-Target Sexuality|Aral]].
* In [[Poul Anderson]]'s [[Magitek]] tale ''[[Operation Chaos]]'', there's an Army Signals officer who, when it's mentioned that he's attached to a Cavalry unit, is quick to mention that he does all his travelling by broomstick. This is because the Cavalry ride unicorns, and "No American male, unless he's in holy orders, likes to admit he's qualified to control a unicorn."
* Averted in ''[[Low Fantasy|Gerfalcon]]'' by Leslie Barringer, when main character Raoul asks his friend Nino what it's like to wake up after a night with a woman he doesn't love (in case it's not obvious, Raoul is himself a virgin). Nino admits he has no idea; he talks a good game, but that's because thanks to this trope, most other men expect it, so he lies to fit in. He's just never felt right about actually having casual sex, and so he never has.
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* Given that during the original run of ''[[Doctor Who]]'', the BBC strictly prohibited the Doctor from ever getting into any romantic situations, particularly with his companions, this may be why the Doctor's first companion was his granddaughter. [[Fridge Logic|Obviously]], the existence of a granddaughter proved the Doctor's non-virgin
** Interestingly, Susan was only made the Doctor's granddaughter to avoid the [[Unfortunate Implications]] of an old man travelling alone with a young girl.
** And yet, despite his general [[Celibate Hero]] status, the new series still felt the need to point out, in their own veiled G-rated way, that the Doctor is not a virgin. (He's a [[Sufficiently Advanced Alien]] with probably genetically engineered [[Bizarre Alien Biology]] and a member of the society that could give the Master a new body just like that - having had a grandchild doesn't prove anything.)
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