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[[Double Standard Rape (Female
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
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
A relative of [[Double Standard Rape (Female
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== Anime & Manga ==
* In ''[[Ichiban Ushiro no
* ''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, [[
* ''[[Strawberry Panic
* In the one-shot manga ''[[
* ''[[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
* 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
* In ''[[
* In ''Boys Empire'', Umeko rapes Hitomi's mother as part of her "negotiations".
* [[Subverted]] in ''[[
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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:
* 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
* 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.)
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