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* In ''[[Dragonriders of Pern]]'', whenever dragons mate, their respective riders are irresistibly compelled to do the same. The first book even has F'lar considering that if their dragons weren't involved, his relationship with Lessa would have to be considered rape. Since it was written in 1968, there's major [[Values Dissonance]] going on (and that's not even getting into how much he slaps her and shakes her around to show his concern about her putting herself in harm's way).

* Generally averted in ''[[The Dresden Files]]'', where just about all forms of supernaturally coercing sex are considered bad mojo, whether it is shapeshifting, faerie glamors, or the [[Horny Devils|White Court's mental whammy]]. Mortals using mind control to coerce sex gets the death penalty from the White Council, though this falls under the general blanket Laws of Magic, one of which states that using magic to control minds is illegal. [[Love Potion]]s ''technically'' do not count under the Laws, as the recipe used involves creating a strong aphrodisiac instead of outright mind control. Later in the series, the revelation that {{spoiler|Luccio was only in a relationship with Harry due to being mind-controlled into doing so by the Black Council is treated as disturbing for both of them.}}

* In [[Technic History|''People of the Wind'']] we are told that the Yrthian sexual cycle is seasonal. In most of the year there is no sexual desire but in mating season anyone from a tribe outside a given Yrthians home is in peril. This is recognized by making the penalty for rape between tribes to be compensation as it is assumed the perp is effectively under extenuating circumstances by reason of insanity (or whatever lawyers would call it).

* In the ''Twilight'' series, a vampire biting a human is a parallel for sex (hence why Edward refuses to bite Bella until after they are married). It's revealed that Carlisle bit Esme (his future wife) while she was unconscious and unable to give consent. He also bit Rosalie (again when she was unable to consent) after she was ''gang raped'', with the intent of giving her to Edward as a girlfriend. In the former case, the two are [[Happily Married]] and the implications are ignored. In the latter case, it's treated as disappointing that Rosalie didn't take to Edward, and again the implications are not brought up.

* In ''[[Hush, Hush]]'', Patch does a number of things to Nora, including possessing her body and putting words and images in her head. These incidents range from being played for laughs to being romantic moments, even though Nora usually is disturbed or upset by them.

* In the ''[[Anna Strong Chronicles]]'', the eponymous heroine gets raped by a vampire, who [[Questionable Consent|mind controls her into compliance.]] When she recalls the incident, she argues that because she was a willing participant (even though, you know, ''mind control'') it couldn't have been rape.

* Subverted in ''[[Tithe]]'' Roiben kisses a charmed girl and during the kiss he realizes what he is doing, and is horrified by it. He then takes comfort from the fact it was ''only'' a kiss.

* In [[Vorkosigan Saga]] Sergeant Botheri was a batman of Prince Serg. Sergeant Bothari was mentally disturbed and Prince Serg and his friend were both sadists. He treated Bothari like a slave including commanding him to rape several female prisoners (one he did on his own though he did not exactly know he was doing so and would not have done so if he hadn't been manipulated before). Bothari is acknowledged a rapist in the plot, indeed acknowledges himself as one. What is not mentioned is that he is also a rape ''victim'' at the same time as it is hard to interpret pressuring an insane person into raping someone by the use of overwhelming authority as being anything else. In this case it is something that could (unfortunatly) actually happen in real life though as it happens it takes place in a sci-fi.

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