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There are several possible reasons for this:

For sexual variations such as sadomasochism, all of the above applies. But since these sexualities are less known, there can ''also'' be heavy doses of [[Did Not Do the Research]], [[They Just Didn't Care]], and sometimes also [[Acceptable Targets]].

 

 

 

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* [[Right Through His Pants]]

* [[The Immodest Orgasm]] (with [[The Modest Orgasm]] as an inverse)

As Hollywood Sex is so common, please only list glaring examples.

 

* Lou Kagan's ''Perils Of Penelope'' contain many bondage scenes that pay no attention to gravity, skeletal structure, or any such pesky details.

 

* The same thing happens in the film ''[[Drive Angry]]''. Though it is implied that Milton's partner is psychologically scarred by the experience.

* Basically, all commercial pornography. This makes sense if you think about it: in real sex, the purpose is the participants' pleasure; in porn, it's for the viewer's pleasure. Unfortunately, it's also many people's first exposure to "real life" sex, which can lead to those people thinking [[Reality Is Unrealistic]].

** Especially bad in homemade and amateur porn. Leave it to the pros, folks!

*** Conversely, amateur/homemade porn also often totally disregard the presence of the camera(s) or eventual viewers, averting this trope entirely.

* The infamous tent scene in ''[[Brokeback Mountain]]''. Not only did the scene have no natural build-up whatsoever, but anyone who has had anal sex knows you can't just spit on yourself and plow away. Just passionate dry-humping with the amount of preparation would have realistically ended in pain.

* In ''[[The Island]]'', [[Ewan McGregor|Lincoln]] and [[Scarlett Johansson|Jordan]] are clones who have been raised separate from normal people, and have no concept of love or sex. Doesn't stop them from having passionate sex near the end of the movie without any problems. Though a major plot point is that Lincoln has been receiving memories from his original donor, so it ''might'' be handwaved in his case at least.

 

** There was once an episode where she was bent on performing the ''entire'' book of Kama Sutra. (Which, for the record, [http://www.cracked.com/article_18450_7-kama-sutra-sex-tips-that-will-put-you-in-hospital.html is a horrible idea.])

 

 

Aversions or subversions where in one or more respect, the sex is presented more realistically than typical Hollywood Sex.

 

 

* In ''[[Fushigi Yuugi]]'', Tamahome and Miaka decide to consummate their relationship knowing that this could very well be their last day together. [[Big Eater|Miaka's]] stomach grumbles, and they are both embarrassed by this awkward noise. (So much so that Tamahome can't continue!)

* The first story of Millefeuille's ''Great Reaction in Ecstasy'' is about a girl who has awkward and terrible group sex.

* In ''Kimi wa Pet'', one of Sumire and Hasumi's aborted attempts to finally have sex after months of being a couple goes disastrously wrong when Sumire gets a leg cramp and then Hasumi loses his composure and sustains a head wound from falling into some furniture. Furthermore, because Hasumi or other partners urge her for verbal feedback during sex, Sumire admits she doesn't always enjoy it and fakes climax on at least one occasion. One night much later Hasumi has some problems keeping it up. Although he claims it's due to drinking too much alcohol, {{spoiler|their relationship already seems to be falling apart and it really foreshadows their break-up.}}

* ''[[B Gata H Kei]]'' portrays not only the (almost) sex itself as awkward and difficult, but the relationship leading up to it, too.

 

* Roberta Gregory averts this in her comics ''[[Naughty Bits]]'' and ''[[Artistic Licentiousness]]''. She's great at depicting sex in all its awkward, sometimes unpleasant glory.

 

* Averted in ''[[Kinsey]]'' when the main couple must go to a doctor to enable them to have sex.

** Everything afterwards follows this trope perfectly.

** And then a later scene shows the two of them trying to have sex while she's pregnant. Ben is just a wee bit hesitant about [[Squick|doing it with their unborn child inches nearby.]] They struggle with different positions before finally giving up in frustration.

** [[Fridge Brilliance|Suddenly, the movie's title just got a lot funnier.]]

* ''The Cooler''. Pretty short scene, but, umm... not due to editing. Even shows cellulite; for which they had to shoot in Nevada due to possession carrying a mandatory minimum 10 year sentence in Los Angeles.

* Pretty much any scene that is presented in such a way that it has sparked genuine debate as to whether the two actors actually had sex on camera. Some examples include Mickey Rourke and Carre Otis in the Unrated/NC-17 version of ''Wild Orchid'', Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie in ''Don't Look Now'', the opening scene of ''Betty Blue'', Tony Leung and Jane March (who was underage at the time of filming) in ''The Lover'', and Bruce Dern and Maud Adams in ''Tattoo''.

* There have also been a growing number of mainstream films in which the realism of the sex scenes is unquestioned since the actors are.. um... "method acting" (''Shortbus'', ''All About Anna'', ''Baise Mois'', ''9 Songs'', etc.). However it can be debated whether the "Hollywood Sex" trope applies since as of 2010 no major mainstream "Hollywood" production has featured such explicit material, with the possible exceptions of the "reality TV movie" ''The Real Cancun'' and the heavily-censored swingers scene in ''[[Bruno]].''

* ''[[Blue Valentine]]'' features a depressing and realistic sex scene.

* The "Any = all" variant is discussed in [[The SM Judge]]: While Magda's masochism makes her enjoy pain, she's not at all into roleplaying or submission or humiliation or anything like that. Of course, the authorities fail to understand this distinction, maybe [[Straw Hypocrite|on purpose]].

 

* In the [[Ben Elton]] book ''This Other Eden'', the Hollywood star Max and his actress wife agree to have one last roll in the hay before their divorce. The narration specifically compares their perfect movie sex scenes with their real sex, complete with fanny farts and awkward elbows.

* [[John Green]]'s book [[Looking for Alaska]] has a girl performing oral on the main character. They exchange some awkward dialogue ("should I bite it?") then go to their more experienced friend to explain it to them.

* ''Anatomy of a Boyfriend'' by Daria Snadowsky is fairly realistic. It discusses the teenage characters first times, fooling around (and trying to clean it up), and the funny noises they would make.

 

* ''[[Mad TV]]'' has [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4QbzM3wu1w this sketch] on sex faces.

* Sex in ''[[The Sopranos]]'' is pretty realistic.

* The first sex scene between Leckie and Stella in [[The Pacific]] was refreshingly realistic. It's brief, slightly awkward, they both have reasonably odd o-faces, and you can even see him use his hand to guide himself in (it's under the blankets, but it's obvious what he's doing).

* ''[[Misfits]]'' comically averts this during '''any''' sexual situation involving Nathan - actually, very few sex scenes in the show play this trope remotely straight, but if Nathan's involved you know you're in for something particularly disastrous. He's been shown to suffer from [[Speed Sex|premature ejaculation]], has got his finger stuck in a girl's vagina during foreplay, and has displayed an o-face so off-putting and bizarre that his partner started laughing hysterically when she saw it. He also has a famous habit of "tripling" himself during sex - yes, kids, that's when you ejaculate, puke and shit yourself all at once - although luckily for everyone this one happens off-screen.

 

* The [[Flight of the Conchords]] song "Business Time" is a pretty hilarious aversion of this.

** Likewise "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vc8tPTVBRSc Ooh Girl - An Honest R&B Song]" by Mike Polk of Runawaybox.

 

** "Well thanks for the wedgie, Romeo..."

* Australian comedian Josh Thomas notes that for him, sex never involved [[The Immodest Orgasm|loud moaning and thrashing]], but more often, "Mm... mm... oh, gosh... mm... OH SHIT are you alright?! ... and then it takes you a while to get back into the rhythm..."

 

** The necessity of foreplay is frequently mentioned and seen to, especially with anal sex.

** One scene has the mother giving some (factually correct) contraceptive advice to her daughter.

** The "a virgin always bleeds" myth is averted at least once, when the protagonist takes his time getting the girl turned on first and then penetrates so gently it doesn't even hurt. Both of them were still expecting the myth so much [[Lampshade Hanging|they're both a little confused when it doesn't happen.]]

 

* Averted in ''[[Tales of MU]]''. Mack has no clue what she's doing during her first several encounters, and as such, it's not terribly enjoyable.

 

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