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* In ''[[Anita Blake]]'', the eponymous character suffers from this kind of thinking. Often she and other characters, mostly male, believe her to be a 'slut' and treat her badly because she has something called The Arduer, a magical compulsion to have sex. If she didn't give in to it, it would eventually kill her, and through her, everyone she is magically tied to (most of the cast). This is a source of much [[Wangst]] in the series.

* In ''[[Incarnations of Immortality|And Eternity]]'', the protagonists read the memories of a rapist/serial killer, and find that he was motivated by this.

* ''[[A Tale of Two Cities]]'' has an interesting variant. Lucie Manette is [[The Ingenue]] who is good and possesses a childlike beauty, but [[Virginity Makes You Stupid|depends on others to take care of her.]] Madame Defarge is the sexy, strong-willed villain. Then there is Miss Pross, who is both strong and good, but implied to be so ugly that she looks no different [[Action Girl|after a fight]] than before one.