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[[File:597087-x_ray_vision_superx ray vision super.png|link=Hitman (Comic Book)|frame|When this trope's in play, '''All''' men.]]

{{quote|''"Do you know what would be the best way to wipe out all of humankind if you were a space alien with a special mind-ray? Make all women telepathic. Cos' if they suddenly found out about the kind of stuff that goes on in our heads they'd kill us all on the spot. Men are not people! We are disgustoids in human form."''|'''Jeff Murdock''', '''''[[Coupling]]'''''}}

Also, whenever they gain a chance or actually get a peek at [[I Have Boobs - You Must Obey!|women's breasts]], they lose all brain function. This trope has been used as an [[Idiot Ball]] so many times, it's not funny. Men will lose all reason, become catatonic, get massive [[Nosebleed|nosebleedsnosebleed]]s, etc. just because a woman is in a room. And if any man shows an apparently innocuous interest in a woman, he probably just wants to lay her. This trope is so expected and sometimes so mandatory that when a male character is ''not'' being lecherous around women, he is automatically assumed to be gay by the audience (because it is of course [[I'm a Man, I Can't Help It|utterly impossible for a man to ever have anything but sex on his mind]], so he obviously must be thinking about having sex with men instead).

And like the title says: all men will act this way. It doesn't matter if you're the hero or the villain. Even [[Chaste Hero|Chaste]] and [[Celibate Hero|Celibate Heroes]]es will act like this. Five years old? [[108|A Hundred and Eight]]? [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old|Nine Hundred Fifty Three?]] Doesn't matter. Even men who are happily married or in a devoted and fulfilling relationship will act this way, and oftentimes the behavior will be largely ignored or even treated as an [[LoveableLovable Sex Maniac|endearing trait]]. And most absurdly, men who have more ''regular'' access to beautiful women than Hugh Hefner, are shown to lose all control over an attractive woman.

A [[Double Standard]], since very rarely do women behave or even think this way. Made even more [[Egregious]] when you consider [[Most Writers Are Male]]. You'd think they would be able to paint their own gender in a more positive light. It could be based on something like "male guilt" (analogous to white guilt), with the writers believing (or at least paying lip service to) the [[Straw Feminist|militant-feminist assertion that men are bestial, slovenly brutes.]] On the other hand, it may be based on the writers [[I'm a Man, I Can't Help It|extending their own personal attitudes to the entire male sex.]]

Gets into weird territory when women are offended or insecure because the guy ''isn't'' being a perv. How dare you [[Aren't You Going to Ravish Me?|not want to ravish them]]! [[Morton's Fork|You can't win.]]

It also seems that only [[The Power of Love]] is able to make a man change his lecherous ways and most men in fiction go by the creed that they [[Can't Act Perverted Toward a Love Interest]], meaning they only clean their act if they are serious about a relationship. But this trope actually stems from [['''All Men Are Perverts]]''', thus adding to its prevalence.

Compare [[I'm a Man, I Can't Help It]] (focuses more specifically on the idea that a man can't function without sex instead of more universal perversion), [[All Gays Are Promiscuous]] (what happens when there aren't any [[All Women Are Prudes|women involved to say 'no']]), [[Nerds Are Virgins]] (just because you're a pervert doesn't mean you get laid). May lead to claims that [[A Man Is Not a Virgin]]. [[All Men Are Rapists]] is the [[Darker and Edgier]] version of this that usually shows up in [[Crapsack World|Crapsack Worlds]]s and old-fashioned romance novels.

Contrast [[All Women Are Lustful]], the very seldom seen original [[Distaff Counterpart]], and the much more common [[All Women Are Prudes]] that now exists in its stead, often paired with this trope and used to reflect how women are closer to Earth than men. Sometimes paired with [[AllVanity WomenIs Are VainFeminine]] in order to provide a certain gender "balance". Attempts at invoking this trope may fall under [[I Have Boobs - You Must Obey!]]. This trope also is used to justify [[All Women are Doms, All Men are Subs]] as only a man could honestly enjoy pain being perverted as he is, or at least he doesn't care how much pain he has to endure [[Worth It|as long as he gets laid]].

[[All Women Are Lustful]] + [['''All Men Are Perverts]]''' = [[A Party - Also Known as an Orgy]] and [[Everybody Has Lots of Sex]]

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3N1aOZTTA-c A Pepsi Max commercial] starts off with a couple on a first date. The woman asks herself over usual questions of marriage and children, whereas the man [[All Men Are Perverts|constantly thinks about sex with her]].

* This appears to be one of the underlying themes in ''[[Zettai Karen Children]]''. Considering that a lot of those feelings are toward the ten-year old leads, it's more a case of "All Men Are [[Lolicon|Lolicons]]s".

** Kaoru, one of the three girls, is called out for her lust for big-breasted women as acting like a perverted old ''man''.

* ''[[Kashimashi: Girl Meets Girl]]'' shows an interesting variety of this trope. After Hazumu swaps gender from male to female she starts being chased by two girls. Their feelings for Hazumu are treated as pure and deep -- anddeep—and with a lot more reverence than those of Hazumu's ''male'' childhood friend. He gets treated as a pervert who only wants to get into Hazumu's pants, since everybody knows that a lesbian only wants to hold hands with the girl she likes, right?

* All the main male cast from ''[[Need a Girl!]]'', there are the more outspoken ones like Yo-Han, others who follow him like In-Young and Sul-Min, and the most composed one, Han-Kyul, who just can't help when a situation calls for the occasional drooling; even the unamed male classmates who appears once a chapter shows signs of hormones fervor.

* A beautiful example of exemption occurs with ''[[Bio -Meat: Nectar]]'''s resident Blue Oni, Shingo, who is neither a pervert nor even a ladies' man (even though he has every capability to be). Lampshaded by the somewhat [[Mad Scientist]].

* ''[[Berserk]]'', staying true to its dark nature, plays the trope straight and is thoroughly unsympathetic in its depiction of it. On the other hand, it plays off [[All Women Are Lustful]] in a similarly critical light.

* Nearly every male in ''[[Ai Ore Love Me|Ai Ore]]'', however its mostly on a realistic level.

* Due to the influences of her philandering father, Maka of ''[[Soul Eater]]'' believes this very strongly, and it doesn't help that her (male) partner gets [[Nosebleed|Nosebleeds]]s around hot girls. But other than her father, most of the males are actually pretty good guys.

* With the exception of the main character, every male student at [[All-Ghouls School|Yokai]] [[Boarding School|Academy]] in ''[[Rosario to Vampire|Rosario + Vampire]]'' is a pervert, as they constantly [[Lust]] for the pretty girls in the school, and actually comment on their [[Buxom Is Better|breasts]] '''in public'''. That is really sick.

== ComicbooksComic Books ==

* [[Deadpool]] isn't shy about embracing this. In an issue of Cable & Deadpool was asked to rescue his [[Doppelganger]] Agent X by his two [[Girl Friday|girl fridays]] -- to—to which he responded that he wanted four good reasons

* In ''[[Ultimate Spider-Man]]'' Jean Grey congratulates Peter on being the first guy in ''months'' to not picture her naked (thus also demonstrating that years of reading people's minds has taught her nothing about how they work, as the immediate result is him doing so).

* The original movie version of ''[[M*A*S*H (film)|Mash]]'', although this was toned down (and eventually eliminated entirely) for the subsequent [[M*A*S*H (television)|TV series]].

* And yes, even [[Superman (film)|Superman]]. In the 1978 Christopher Reeve movie, while Superman and Lois are having their dinner date, he's telling her about his abilities. She challenges him: if he really has x-ray vision, what color are her panties? As she steps out from behind the planter box that was between them, he tells her they're pink.

** In the novel, this is played with more. Aside from the [[Ho Yay]] implications of her sleeping in and thus needing to share a shower with her roommate, she realizes that Dr. Chilton hits on her because he's socially inept and does it solely because she's a woman. In contrast, one of the entomologists asks her on a date because he really does like her, and it's implied she'd be tempted but for, y'know, the serial killer on the loose.

* Subverted in ''[[Killshot]]''. The mafia girl at the beginning thinks the [[Professional Killer]] Blackbird, after finishing his job killing someone else that she was aware of, disturbs her while she's showering because he very blatantly wants to sneak a peek. Instead he shoots her in the head for having seen his face.

* In Angela Carter's "[[The Bloody Chamber]]", a man is implied to {{spoiler|have sex with the corpse of a young girl}} for this very reason. It should be noted that Carter was a very outspoken feminist who was divorced multiple times. [[Writer on Board]] indeed.

{{quote|'''Xander''' (Thinking): What am I gonna do? I think about sex all the time! Sex! Help! [[Everybody Hates Mathematics|4 times 5 is 30. 5 times 6 is 32.]] Naked girls. Naked women! Naked Buffy! Oh stop me!<br />

'''Buffy''': God, Xander! Is that all you think about?<br />

:* Steve gets several glorious rants about how [[All Men Are Perverts]] ''And Proud Of It!'' In the same episode as the title quote Steve is worried because Susan found one of his porn tapes (it was early in their relationship) and that she might think he is some kind of masturbating pervert, to which all three men immediately agree they all are.

* ''[[UFO]]'' naturally, given the shows' in-your-face [[Fan Service]]. In one episode the aliens are using a weapon [[Time Stands Still|that freezes time]]. Straker enters the film studio [[Front Organisation|used to disguise]] SHADO headquarters and sees an actor permanently "glancing" down the cleavage of the well-endowed actress opposite him. Even [[The Stoic]] Straker is apparently not immune -- inimmune—in "Close Up" he uses a sophisticated macroscope to look up the skirt of a posing Lieutenant [[Ms. Fanservice|Gay Ellis]]. Supposedly it's part of a demonstration on how it's impossible to judge magnification without reference points, but even after he gets the point Straker zooms in for a second look... you're not fooling anyone, you sly dog!

* This was overdone in a season of ''[[Just Shoot Me]]'', in which "Kaylee", a [[Mary Sue]] character, was added to the cast; and the three main male characters began falling all over each other to try to date her -- DESPITEher—DESPITE that they all worked in top positions at a ''Fashion magazine'', where ''supermodels'' practically oozed out of the woodwork -- andwoodwork—and with whom Jack (and Elliot) regularly had affairs, and even the geeky Dennis Finch was able to marry a supermodel played by Rebecca Romaijne-Stamos. In contrast, "Kaylee" was rather psychotic, and was fairly average-looking, being short with a heart-shaped face. (See "Hugh Hefner" above).

* Hawkeye, Trapper, and Henry in ''[[M*A*S*H (television)|Mash]]'', and to a lesser extend, ''Klinger'' and ''Radar'' (although with the latter, it's more wishing than actually doing). Many of the camp visitors, specially in the earlier seasons, confirm the trope as well.

* On ''[[That '70s Show]]'', Eric, Kelso, Hyde, and especially Fez.

* "Maenner Sind Schweine" ("Men Are Pigs"), a song by Die Aertzte -- anAertzte—an all-male band.

* This trope was mentioned and joked about in one round of ''Notes And Queries'' on ''[[I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue]]''.

'''Graeme:''' That is a complete phallus. [[Freudian Slip|...Fallacy!]]<br />

'''Tim:''' There's a woman in the front row who said 'yes'...how would ''you'' know?<br />

* Kriea in ''[[Knights of the Old Republic (video game)|Knights of the Old Republic]] II'' assumes the player (if male) only accepts Visas and the Handmaiden into the party because he might get to have sex with them. Those dialogue trees have some insanely funny [[Unusual Euphemism|Unusual Euphemisms]]s, including such gems as "charge up her loading ramp."

** Also, in Wall Market, some of the men the player talks to are dismissive of or even openly hostile to Cloud. However, talk to these same men after he gets [[Wholesome Crossdresser|all dolled up]].

* ''[[Yo-Jin-Bo]]''. All six bodyguards are some degree of [[Chivalrous Pervert]], even the otherwise classy Bo and the [[Heroic Sociopath]] Ittosai. This is purely for [[Rule of Funny|comedic purposes]] -- for—for example, when Sayori reties Jin's belt for him, all of the other guys suddenly claim ''their'' belts are loose too (except for Ittosai, who complains that he can't get his loose). Aside from the heroes, there's also [[Dirty Old Man]] Yahei, who likes to watch Hatsuhime bathe.

* Referenced briefly in ''[[StarcraftStarCraft]]'' when Kerrigan (a telepath) meets Jim Raynor for the first time and promptly calls him a pig for thinking about her in a dirty fashion. In the novels, we learn that female ghosts have to deal with this issue all the time, Raynor is just more straightforward.

* ''[[GhastlysGhastly's Ghastly Comic]]'', by the nature of the beast.

** It seems most characters in this webcomicweb comic are rather lacking in control over their sexual whims, male or female, and some of the exceptions are male.

* In ''[[The Order of the Stick|Order of the Stick]]'', it's a plot point when paladin Miko captures the party. Despite her readily apparent bitchiness, Roy remains continuously attracted to her and remains blind to her continually abrasive behavior. Ironically, it's after he becomes a woman himself and changes back that he does see Miko as more than a love interest. Then, naturally, he goes off on her, having realized how much of a bitch she really is.

** Off the whole titular party, Vaarsuvius is probably the only chaste character, having already having a mate at the beginning of the story. Besides Roy, [[Spoony Bard|Elan]] thinks it's a bard duty to seduce female villains (until he gets in a relationship with Haley), [[Heroic Sociopath|Belkar]] continuously spouts innuendo and treats women like sex objects, and even Durkon had a fling with an evil female dwarf (which we much later discover resulted in a child). Haley isn't off the hook either, blatantly ogling or fondling Elan even before they're an item.

** Haley seems to cause this. Roy's (dead) father seems to enjoy spying on Haley in the shower, an old halfling colleague enjoys staring at pictures of her in the bath, and the men of the team make her check for traps twice because it's like watching her pole-dance.

* [[Bug (webcomic)Martini|Bug]] wants NASA to know that when it comes to space travel, all anyone cares about is [https://web.archive.org/web/20130514092346/http://www.bugcomic.com/comics/sky-rockets-in-flight/ whether the astronauts have sex in space.]

* In ''[[Something *Positive]]'', even God himself is a pervert who thinks [[Girl-On-Girl Is Hot]] and only said homosexuality was a sin so that he would be alerted to lesbian couples having sex to spite him. See [httphttps://wwwweb.archive.org/web/20131014072628/http://somethingpositive.net/sp04262010.shtml here].

== Western Animation ==

* [[Tex Avery]] created the Ur-Example with the wolf in ''[[Red Hot Riding Hood]]'' -- Red—Red ended up as regular character in his cartoons who had this effect on all men. [[Who Framed Roger Rabbit?|Jessica Rabbit]] and [[Animaniacs|Hello Nurse]] are largely homages to Avery's Red.

** Not just Avery--mostAvery—most any cartoon male, esp. in the forties and fifties, respond that way to women, often to his own detriment. A frequent gag involves whistling upon seeing an attractive (often scantily-clad) girl, be she real or just a picture.

** Kenny is all over this trope.

** In sheer number of sexual partners, [[Really Gets Around|Foxxy]] beats everyone until she makes a bet with [[Hollywood Pudgy|Toot]], who finds a way to have sex with ''millions'' of men ([[Black Comedy Rape|against their will]]).

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