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[[Double Standard Rape (Female Onon Female)]] is in large part based on the idea that [[No True Scotsman|lesbian sex is not "real" sex]]. Men, penises, and penile penetration are central to sexual relations; without a penis involved, there can be no sex, and without sex, there can be no rape. [[Insane Troll Logic|Therefore, anything a woman does to another woman is "not a big deal"]].
 
It should be noted that, at least in the United States, this viewpoint was legally supported until the 1970s. The definition of "rape", historically, was defined as the act of forcing sexual intercourse on a ''woman'' by a ''man''. Currently, all states define rape without referencing the sex of the victim or the perpetrator, acknowledging that women and men can both rape and be raped, but many people still believe that the presence or absence of the penis determines whether any given sex act is actually sex or not. In other locations, the presence of the penis is still required for an act to be legally considered "rape" rather than "unwanted sexual touching" or other such descriptions.
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This trope is invoked where women raping other women is seen as harmless or even sexy, and therefore not worth fretting over. After all, [[Girl-On-Girl Is Hot]], no matter what the victim may think of it. In some cases, authors who would demote male rapists to [[Complete Monster]] status within a story forgive female rapists, and/or consider their relationships to be loving. The emotional impact of the rape is largely dismissed or ignored completely, usually because [[Fan Disservice|it would be less appealing to the audience]] for the victim to be legitimately traumatized, and ideas of consent and personal violation aren't often brought up at all.
 
The trope (and audiences' reaction) is used similarly in [[Boys Love]] works for male-on-male rape, but where BL often uses it [[Rape Asas Drama|for drama]], female-on-female rape in most media would like the rape not to last any longer than the scene it happens in. Don't expect victims to think about it too hard after the fact.
 
Obviously this trope describes a [[Double Standard]], and an extremely insulting one, in that it supports not one, not two, but ''four'' [[Unfortunate Implications]]: Women are so weak and ineffectual they just '''''can't''''' harm anyone, not even other women, even less by sex; lesbian sex is [[Girl-On-Girl Is Hot|cute and harmless]] but most of all ''unreal'', especially if it's non-penetrative; dismissing such a trope as [[Squick]] would immediately bear the mark of [[Selective Squick]]; and only men are rapists.
 
As the [[Double Standard Rape (Female Onon Male)]] page says, please [[Don't Try This At Home]]. '''[[No Real Life Examples, Please]] until further notice'''.
 
A relative of [[Double Standard Rape (Female Onon Male)]] and [[Double Standard Rape (Male Onon Male)]]. See also [[Skinship Grope]].
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== Anime & Manga ==
* In ''[[Ichiban Ushiro no DaimaouDai Maou]]'', Fujiko's rape (by female characters) is [[Played for Laughs]] in a [[Black Comedy Rape]] situation.
* ''A Kiss, Love, and a Prince'' involves a girl tying another girl to a chair for a forced kiss scene.
* In ''[[Love Hina]]'', male characters generally get pummeled for touching female characters whether they mean to or not, yet intentional female on female assault gets brushed aside or completely overlooked (like what {{spoiler|Kanako}} does to {{spoiler|Motoko}}). See similar examples in other harem comedies.
* In ''[[Ikki Tousen]]'' during Ryofu's first TV episode she immobilizes and rapes one of the show's most popular characters, Ryoumou, after defeating her. This is never brought up again (not even by Ryoumou) and she even becomes an [[Ensemble Darkhorse]] herself.
** In ''Dragon Destiny'' it was revealed that [[Shrinking Violet]] Ten'i was gang raped at her former school by a sadistic [[Alpha Bitch]] and her [[Girl Posse]], and they pretty much used this trope to justify their actions. This is only an in-universe case: ''the show itself'' makes it clear that the girls are [[Complete Monster|Complete Monsters]].
* Though not quite rape, [[Haruhi Suzumiya (Light Novel)|Haruhi Suzumiya]]'s sexual harassment of Mikuru is [[Played for Laughs]].
* ''[[Strawberry Panic (Light Novel)!|Strawberry Panic]]'' pulls this off with Kaname (and to a lesser extent Momomi) on Hikari. The solution to many troubles Kaname had throughout the series was, "Rape Hikari!" She never succeeds, and while it's clear other people disapprove, she faces no consequences for her obviously creepy intentions.
* In the one-shot manga ''[[Zero Eight Zero Four AM Daydream (Manga)|08.04 AM Daydream]]'', most of the patrons of the girls-only train seem to believe this.
* ''[[Seikon no Qwaser]]'' plays this trope straight for the most part. In fact, all kinds of ripping a girls clothes off and fondling her from men and women is viewed as a normal thing. One scene in the first season even has Mutsumi saying "Don't worry, this can't be considered as rape" when raping female lead Mafuyu.
* A bit of a [[Zig -Zagging Trope]] in ''[[Kannazuki no Miko]]''. {{spoiler|Chikane does rape Himeko, yes, and makes a rather dramatic [[Face Heel Turn]] in the process}}, but [[Sadistic Choice|the circumstances]] were [[Because Destiny Says So|more than a little contrived]], making for [[Broken Base|ample debate]] on whether or not she should still be held accountable. However, there is a notable lack of repercussions, or even disapproval of her acts in-universe. Less of a [[Double Standard]] than most examples since a male villain tries to rape Himeko at one point but is treated no less sympathetically in the end when everything gets set straight again and everyone is given their happy ending.
* Miko from ''[[La Blue Girl]]'' won't hesitate to do the raping when her enemy is another cute girl, and without her status as the heroine being compromised.
* Mylene Jenius from [[Macross 7]] in the second Dynamite OVA almost became a victim of this trope. Possibly taken further in the companion Manga ''Mylene Beat''.
* Violent, [[Psycho Lesbian]] [[Ms. Fanservice|Ume]] from ''[[Ben -To]]'' seems to be present to cater to an number of feitishes, including; [[Attempted Rape|forced yuri]] to [[Abduction Is Love|kidnap]]
* In ''[[Girls Bravo (Manga)|Girls Bravo]]'' Kosame once attempts to rape Kirie.
* In ''Boys Empire'', Umeko rapes Hitomi's mother as part of her "negotiations".
* [[Subverted]] in ''[[Daily Lives of High School Boys (Manga)|Daily Lives of High School Boys]]''; in the skit ''High School Girls are Funky -- the Past'', Yanagin threatened Ikushima about "being ****ed with a stick" when the latter [[Lampshade Hanging|complained]] about the former's not fitting [[Meganekko|the personality archetype usually associated with glasses-wearing girls]]. Eventually, Yanagin just beat Ikushima up with a wrench instead.
 
 
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== Films ==
* One (softcore) example from ''The Stewardesses 3-D'': The chief stewardess aggressively puts the moves on one of the junior ones, to which she yields. Later, a male character reveals that his (also male) boss extracted sexual favors from him in return for promotion, leaving him permanently embittered. [[Broken Aesop|Moral]]: Lesbian sexual harassment is [[Good Bad Girl|fun]] and [[Girl-On-Girl Is Hot|sexy]]; gay male sexual harassment is [[Mind Rape|a soul-blighting trauma]].
* In ''[[Blood Night: theThe Legend of Mary Hatchet]]'', [[Cute and Psycho|Alyssa]] cracks a long joke about being beaten, gangraped and branded in the girl's shower room in high school.
* It's hard to tell if the crazed teenage [[Dominatrix]] trying to rape another girl in ''Blood Mask: The Possession of Nicole Lameroux'' is being [[Played for Laughs]] or not.
 
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* Invoked in ''[[Aimee]]''.
* In ''[[The Big U]]'' by [[Neal Stephenson]], when the male college students drug Sara and try to engage in sexual activity it's rape, but when her female friend rescues her from them and then engages in sexual activity with the same drugged individual, [[Intimate Healing|it's for the best]].
* In the anthology ''Blood Sisters: Lesbian Vampire Tales'' a female character is raped and "turned" by a female vampire. The rape experiences gives her the newfound confidence to pursue her mortal love interest and lead a happier life. Possibly also an example of [[Sex Asas Rite-Of-Passage]], except substitute "rape" for "sex".
* Averted in ''[[The Dark Tower|Wizard And Glass]]'', in which Rhea's erotic pawing of an unwilling Susan is the first demonstration of the old witch's [[Complete Monster]] status.
* ''[[Kushiels Dart]]'' has a complicated version: Phedre informs the reader that rape is an unforgivable act of treason in her culture. Yet when {{spoiler|Melisande drugs her and commits sex acts that could arguably be rape before selling her into slavery}} this act is never considered rape despite a cultural understanding that both men and women can be sexually dominant and powerful. It becomes gray since Phedre is a professional submissive, and was under contract to Melisande. Melisande did honor the letter of the contract, including the safe word, and knew damn well Phedre was {{spoiler|a trained spy, working for her enemy}}, and Phedre does obviously views what happened as a violation despite no using her safeword, but she also doesn't brush it off because of Melisande's gender.
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* Averted in at least one episode of ''[[Law and Order SVU|Law & Order: SVU]]'', which featured a particularly heinous teenage girl who would routinely drug and rape her younger (not blood-related) sister. It's also extremely heavily implied that she also got off on having boyfriends rape the girl.
** And in season 12, they have a case of a woman who {{spoiler|assaulted a young girl and then murdered her}}, and the detectives note that they have never before encountered such a scenario.
* Averted in the ''[[Homicide: Life On the Street]]''/''[[Law and Order]]'' [[Crossover]] episode "Baby, It's You," in which a teenage model dies of toxic shock and it's discovered that she was raped - by {{spoiler|her ''mother''}}.
* Also averted in the 1974 (!) made for TV movie ''Born Innocent'' where the main character (Linda Blair) is naked and held down by a group of girls who penetrate her with a broomstick. The scene is disturbing and awful.
** So much so that it was cut from later screenings following a similar real-life incident involving a nine-year-old girl. (The film was subsequently released on VHS and DVD uncut.)