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** Deconstructed when the nerd villains "The Trio" honestly don't see the ethical implications of their plan to brainwash women into sex slaves, until the girl they victimized spells it out for them and they murder her as she tries to escape, providing the [[Moral Event Horizon]] for what had been played as [[Harmless Villain]]s.
** Deconstructed when the nerd villains "The Trio" honestly don't see the ethical implications of their plan to brainwash women into sex slaves, until the girl they victimized spells it out for them and they murder her as she tries to escape, providing the [[Moral Event Horizon]] for what had been played as [[Harmless Villain]]s.
** ''Buffy'' has played it straight, however, when it overlaps with [[Double Standard Rape (Female on Male)]]. For instance, consider Faith in Buffy's body having sex with Riley and compare it to, say, Warren raping Katrina using mind control.
** ''Buffy'' has played it straight, however, when it overlaps with [[Double Standard Rape (Female on Male)]]. For instance, consider Faith in Buffy's body having sex with Riley and compare it to, say, Warren raping Katrina using mind control.
* In [[Eureka]] ''Maneater'' a [[Love Potion|mysterious spore]] causes all the women in town to become sexually disordered and obsessed with some of the men, especially Sheriff Carter who they stampede after. Somehow [[Double Standard Abuse (Female on Male)|this is hilarious.]] [[Guilty Pleasure|Ok, it kind of is.]] No one is actually raped but it is obvious what the trend is. Fortunately they solve the problem before anything bad happens.
* The episode "Unexpected" of ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise|Star Trek Enterprise]]''. Tucker becomes pregnant when an alien tricks him into activity which would be the alien equivalent of sex, impregnating him. Played for humor because of the [[Mister Seahorse|male pregnancy]], and the fact that Tucker didn't give meaningful consent is ignored.
* The episode "Unexpected" of ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise|Star Trek Enterprise]]''. Tucker becomes pregnant when an alien tricks him into activity which would be the alien equivalent of sex, impregnating him. Played for humor because of the [[Mister Seahorse|male pregnancy]], and the fact that Tucker didn't give meaningful consent is ignored.
** [[SF Debris]] was [[Dude, Not Funny|particularly angered]] by this treatment of the situation in his review of the episode.
** [[SF Debris]] was [[Dude, Not Funny|particularly angered]] by this treatment of the situation in his review of the episode.
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