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Now, this does have some real life basis, in that some nerds and geeks do lack some social skills, and take up unusual interests as a way to fill the gap in their lives (or, more unfortunately, fail to develop social skills ''because'' of said interests).
This trope can apply to female nerds as easily as male nerds, but thanks to the [[Double Standard]], the males are far more likely to [[All Men Are Perverts|find unwholesome outlets for their unexpressed sexuality]], virginity notwithstanding. In fact, male nerds have just as much chance of being the [[Casanova Wannabe]] as any other type of male character. Some males (and a rare female or two) may try to [[Of Course I'm Not a Virgin|deny their virginity]], out of [[Sex as Rite-
There is also a general perception that a nerd's level of nerdiness is inversely proportionate to their chances of losing their virginity, which is a big reason that [[Even Nerds Have Standards]]. It also means that some nerds will deny at least some aspects of their nerdiness.
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In non-mainstream works, this trope shows up less frequently, although some cases are deliberate aversions and some are just [[Author Appeal]].
If the nerds are the main characters, there is a high chance they ''won't'' be virgins by the end of the movie/book/first season of the show, because [[Nature Abhors a Virgin|virginity is a tragic flaw]] and [[Sex as Rite-
Note this doesn't prevent a [[Nerdgasm]].
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== Comic Books ==
* An issue of the [[Marvel Comics]]' [[Captain Mar-Vell]] used this trope when an evil sorcerer needed to sacrifice virgins to summon a demon and tried to use a comic book store's customers for that purpose.
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