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{{quote|When I look back upon my life
It's always with a sense of shame
I've always been the one to blame
No matter when or where or who
Has one thing in common, too
It's a, it's a, it's a, it's a sin
|'''[[Pet Shop Boys]]'''|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}y7I5UaB7mx4 ''It's a sin'']}}
A character with this state of mind believes that [[Sex Is Evil]], but can't escape his own sexuality. Operating under ethical guidelines completely opposite to those of an [[Ethical Slut]], the character who sees the world through the glasses of
The character isn't necessarily a rapist, it's enough for him (or her) to be a [[Jerkass]] about his sexuality under the presumption that [[Sex Is Evil]], "unmarried non-virgins are whores," or similar. He is likely to eventually [[Destructive Romance|take it out on his partner(s)]], on himself, or both.
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If he does commit sexual harassment or [[Rape Tropes|worse]], he might be [[Obliviously Evil]] about it. He is likely to show his consideration by choosing victims who are already [[Defiled Forever]] so that some extra abuse really [[Disposable Sex Worker|won't make any difference]]... to him, that is.
In a setting where [[Sex Is Evil]], this character will exemplify the evils of sexuality. If he makes a [[Heel Face Turn]] and become [[Jack Chick|Good]], he is likely to forgive his victims for tempting him. In a setting where sex is ''not'' evil, the character is likely to be contrasted with a [[Chivalrous Pervert]], [[Good Bad Girl]], or fully operational [[Ethical Slut]].
A character with this mindset is likely to think that at least some men [[I'm a Man, I Can't Help It|are incapable of controlling their sexual urges]], so women should [[The Unfair Sex|expect them to do sexual harassment or worse]] and be [[Crazy Prepared]] in various ways. Including trying to second-guess what these men might find attractive - and then try her best to ''not'' look attractive, lest these men might get their urges. Of course, since each individual man has his individual preferences (and also since the whole "oh no, I got aroused" thing is just an excuse anyway), even wearing a Burqua would not be a safe in this regard. And yet, some particularly unsympathetic or [[Troubled Sympathetic Bigot|tragic]] character may take this attitude one step further, demanding the [[Doublethink]] that we should all consider men to be some kind of monsters while still consider them to be the superior gender - morally and otherwise. This is done by blaming women for (by their appearance or mere existence) "tempting" men, making any [[Rape Tropes|sex-crimes]] against them their own fault. Naturally, many works portray this attitude as [[No Woman's Land|barbaric misogyny]]. With or without any such aspects of ideology or social structure, a character of either gender may use another character's attractiveness or way of dressing as a [[Lame Excuse]] to misbehave and then claim [[Never My Fault]].
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See also [[Troubled Sympathetic Bigot]], [[Then Let Me Be Evil]], and [[Internalized Categorism]]. Contrast both [[Celibate Hero]] and [[Ethical Slut]]: The ''two'' ways of being a polar opposite of this trope. Contrast [[Romanticized Abuse]] for when abusive sexual gratification is played for [[Fetish Fuel]] rather then angst.
{{noreallife|calling real-life people "evil" [[
{{examples}}
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion
* Jirou from ''[[Kamisama Kiss]]'' is pretty much the walking embodiment of [[Straight Edge Evil]],
== [[Comic
* In ''[[New Mutants]]'' Wolfsbane's guardian Reverend Craig was a preacher of the hellfire and brimstone variety, and he basically beat it into her that she was going to hell because her mother was a prostitute.
▲* [[Neon Genesis Evangelion|Asuka]] has a few shades of this... She tells [[Bottle Fairy|Misato]] that she has never seen "such an inappropriate relationship" by someone who is supposed to be her guardian (regarding Misato's relationship with [[Chivalrous Pervert|Kaji]]. However, she makes several passes at the man herself, including trying to {{spoiler|seduce him the night before they arrive in Japan}}. She also makes several less than subtle attempts to get [[Extreme Doormat|Shinji]], who is so socially awkward he just doesn't get it.
▲* Jirou from ''[[Kamisama Kiss]]'' is pretty much the walking embodiment of [[Straight Edge Evil]], {{spoiler|the Evil part doesn't last}}, but he soon starts becoming attracted to the heroine Nanami. Unfortunately for Jirou, Tomoe (a [[Kitsune]] and [[Shapeshifting Seducer]]) notices this....
▲* Many, many female [[Hentai]] charcters. Especially after [[Rape Is Love]] kicks in.
▲* In ''[[New Mutants]]'' Wolfsbane's guardian Reverend Craig was a preacher of the hellfire and brimstone variety, and he basically beat it into her that she was going to hell because her mother was a prostitute. {{spoiler|It was later revealed that he used to have sex with prostitutes, one of them being Rahne's mother. She realized this later on and went to confront him revealing she knew his secret.}}
== [[Fan
* The general gist of [http://oceansex.livejournal.com/39981.html?thread=783405#t783405 this] fanfic on a ''[[Pokémon]]'' kink meme involves Cyrus feeling this way about Cynthia.
** Considering that Cyrus's canonical motivation is "Emotions Are Evil And I Am Passionate", it's not surprising that fanfic involving sexuality sometimes takes him in this direction.
* In ''[[Naruto Veangance Revelaitons]]'', the women of the council disapprove of non-reproductive sex and homosexuality, but like making out. This is presumably because [[Author Appeal|the author likes lesbian sex]]. Similarly, {{spoiler|a brainwashed Sakura}} asks Ronan "RONAN! I AM SO HORNY N NEED HLEP BUT I AM N XTINA ND SEX IS EVIL 2 US SO WAT SHULD U DO?"
== [[Film]] ==
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* In the movie ''[[Crimes Of Passion]]'', "Reverend" Peter Shayne mixes moralism and horniness into a combination that grows more and more destructive. Stalking a prostitute he has the hots for as a misguided crusade to "save her soul." His sexual harassment of her {{spoiler|eventually forces her to kill him in a final confrontation. Afterwards she and the protagonist (who tried to save her from the psycho, but she saved herself instead) become a couple and presumably live happily ever after}}.
* In ''[[Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (film)|Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street]]'', Judge Turpin fills this role, fooling himself that he can protect young Johanna from the evil of other men's sexuality by forcing her to marry him and satisfy his own selfish [[Dirty Old Man|lust]].
** Various theater versions of this musical have various takes on this. Some make him a more clear-cut example by highlighting his self-loathing, while others make him a more one-dimensional [[Complete Monster]].
** His solo, "Mea Culpa," exemplifies this much the way "Hellfire" does for ''Hunchback'''s Frollo.
* In ''[[Disturbing Behavior]]'', this is the most frequent cause of the [[Mind Control Device|mind-control chips]] [[Glamour Failure|glitching out]]
* In ''[[Secretary]]'', this view on [[Bondage Is Bad|his own sexuality]] seem to be the core of Edward's internal conflict.
* Greg Pilkington in ''Priest''. The conflict is pretty natural since he's a gay Catholic priest, but {{spoiler|the way he treats his sex partner is still pretty appalling, and father Matthew calls him out on it.}}
== [[Literature]] ==
* The villains in the first book of ''[[The Millennium Trilogy]]''. The original title translates to "Men Who Hate Women," and that sums it up quite nicely. The villains are distinguished [[Sarcasm Mode|morally upstanding]] gentlemen who happen to be serial rapists and sexual serial killers. They are contrasted by a protagonist duo of [[Action Girl]] [[Hollywood Hacking|Hacker]] and [[Knight Errant]] [[Most Writers Are Writers|Journalist]] who are both [[Ethical Slut
* In [[Victor Hugo]]'s ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (novel)|The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]'', the villian Frollo has more then a hint of this with his mix of love and loathing for Esmeralda.
* Angelo in ''[[Measure for Measure]]''. After condemning Claudio to die for having premarital sex, [[Scarpia Ultimatum|he offers to spare him if Claudio's virginal sister will have sex with him]]. She immediately calls him out on his hypocrisy. {{spoiler|Even worse, it turns out he had no intention of sparing Claudio either way.}}
* Carrie's abusive Bible-thumbing mother from ''[[Carrie]]'' was convinced that sex was evil, even within the confines of marriage. However, her husband managed to pressure her into having sex (or outright raped her, it's a bit ambiguous), the result of which was her telekinetic offspring. She never got over the fact that she actually enjoyed the act.
* Keira in the [[Dark Heresy]] books is a religious fanatic who believes that sex is evil and killing people is good. She is also a teenage girl. Needless to say, she is ''very'' confused.
* Alex D'Urberville in ''[[Tess of the D'Urbervilles]]'' morphs into this trope. After he seduces Tess (read: rapes her while she sleeps) and she leaves, he has a spiritual "reawakening" that causes him to become a man of God. When he meets Tess again, he blames her for his fall and makes her swear on a roadside cross to never tempt him again. Which is of course his way of trying to cover up the fact that he still wants her, bad. In the end he drops the religion.
* Played with in ''[[The Belgariad]]'' with Relg, a religious fanatic and zealot. He believes that sex is evil, and hates himself and by extension the women he desires, because of it. The rest of the characters think he's off his rocker, including the woman he eventually marries, who confronts him about it, arguing that the 'sin' is in his mind, not hers. It's the first step towards him getting over it, which he does.
** Important in his case (to avoid other [[Unfortunate Implications]] that would be the inverse of this trope, such as [[A Man Is Not a Virgin]]) is that {{spoiler|the woman in question is from a race thought extinct so she is motivated to reproduce, and Relg's god UL has told him the next religious leader of his people will come 'through him.' Relg assumes this means he'll discover the new leader, when in fact what UL meant was that the next leader would be Relg's son. So if he did NOT reproduce, he'd actually be defying his god. Though in fairness UL was a little vague.}}
* The villain of ''Whispers'', and one villain in ''Watchers'', both by [[Dean Koontz]].
** Actually, the vast majority of Koontz' villains (more so in his early work, but still present today) have major issues with sexuality.
* In ''[[
* In ''[[Atlas Shrugged]]'', Hank Rearden displays this about having sex with protagonist [[Good Bad Girl|Dagny Taggart]] and cheating on his wife, Lillian.
* In a [[Nightside]] short story, this trope is used as a spiritual weapon that backfires. A fanatical trio of Christian
* In ''[[The Redemption of Althalus]]'', the protagonists have to rescue Leitha from being [[Burn the Witch|burned as a witch]]. It turns out that the local priest is constantly getting aroused by seeing pretty girls, but since he's a holy man and assumed to be above that sort of thing, he assumes they're using witchcraft to "corrupt" him, so he has them charged and executed instead of dealing with his own weak moral fiber. While Leitha (who did actually have supernatural
** Heroic character Bheid has a bit of this going on, he's eventually forced to get over it, {{spoiler|and ends up married to the above mentioned Leitha. }}
* In ''[[The Poisonwood Bible]]'', Orleanna indicates that her husband [[The Fundamentalist|Nathan]] is a prime example of this trope. She mentions that he would rarely sleep with her, and when he did, he would end up begging God for forgiveness and blaming her for having led him into temptation. Somehow, they managed to have four children, a fact that Orleanna wryly [[
* In one of the [[Aubrey-Maturin]] books, a sailor comes to Stephen asking if there's such a thing as the opposite of an aphrodisiac, and if so, can he have
* In ''[[In the Time of The Butterflies]]'', Patria describes her hands "[[A Date with Rosie Palms|wandering]]" at night and her desire to lick the fingers of every man that walks into her father's store, despite the fact that she wants to be a nun.
* Being what he considers an upstanding Christian man, John struggles with sexuality in ''[[A Dirge for Prester John]]''.
▲== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* In one episode of ''[[Sex and the City]]'', one of the main characters dates a guy who gives her a hard time for "making him dirty" by allowing him to have sex with her.
* In the miniseries version of ''[[Les Misérables]]'' (NOT the novel by Victor Hugo and not the musical either - only the miniseries version), the protagonist Jean Valjean has been given a dose of this. In all versions of the story, he [[Overprotective Dad|loves his adopted daughter]], but in the miniseries this has been given creepy undertones of him having pedophilic urges that he needs to fight with himself to keep in check.
* This is the reason behind Karofsky's bullying of Kurt in [[Glee]], although in his case it's more of a case of Homosexuality is Evil and I Am Gay.
== [[Music]] ==▼
▲== Music ==
* The [[Alice Cooper]] song "Nurse Rozetta".
* The [[Pet Shop Boys]]'
* A lot of newspapers accused themselves, each other [http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/03/16/republican-lawmaker-blames-11-year-old-victim-of-alleged-gang-rape/ and a certain politician] of internalizing this trope in their portrayal of a horrific event where eighteen men gang-raped a eleven-year-old girl. The politician was portrayed as thinking it was the kid's own fault she got raped -- and thus really her parents' fault, since they are responsible for her -- while the papers, in reporting on how the girl seemed to dress way above her age, cast unfortunate overtones of, "Did you see how she was dressed? She was asking for it!" ▼
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* One book for ''[[Mage: The Awakening]]'' features a town where a mage with strong ideas on wholesomeness and youth morality created a working that would keep teenagers away from sex, ''especially'' "aberrant" forms of sex such as homosexuality or kink. The good news is, it's worked, as most of the youth have sublimated their sexual desires into other hobbies. The ''bad'' news is, [[Politically-Incorrect Villain|beides being as homophobic as all get out]],if they ever give in to their sexual desires outside of the context of heterosexual marriage, it's a sin against the [[Karma Meter]]
** For [[Black Comedy]]: The mage, [[Did Not Do the Research|not being a great titan in social studies]], centered the enchantment around a statue of the high school's namesake? It's name? '''''[[Dirty Old Man|Benjamin]] [[Kavorka Man|Franklin]] [[Benjamin Franklin|High]].'''''
* The ''[[Werewolf: The Apocalypse]]'' book ''Posessed'' features an old man who spent many years standing with bible in hand at the collage gates, berating female students for their skimpy clothing. Turns out that his true motivation was that he enjoyed staring at beautiful young women and comment their bodies and clothing. The whole moral superiority thing was merely an excuse that he used to trick everyone (surely including himself) that his behavior was acceptable.
** To make it worse, indulging his hatred of beautiful young women and his self-inflicted sexual frustration opened him up to what can be called demonic possession. Having turned into a Formori minion of the Wyrm, he ends up attacking a young beautiful female coed ''werewolf'', making himself the first kill in her new career as a slayer of wyrm-tainted monsters.
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* Subverted in the [[Ciem Webcomic Series]]. Candi doesn't hate the various men that keep trying to get in her pants; she feels sorry for them. (With the exception of [[Complete Monster|Don Mendoza]] and [[Depraved Bisexual|Poison Dart Eddie]].) She considers herself a failure at being a role model because she wants so badly to allow boys like Jack "Jackrabbit" in, [[Comforting the Widow|if only to distract from her pain of losing Denny]]. She is compassionate towards Jackrabbit, [[A Man Is Not a Virgin|who's frustrated that she wouldn't let him finish]]. She finally resolves to be a [[Good Bad Girl]] - [[Single-Target Sexuality|for Donte only]]. When even that doesn't satisfy her, she agrees the two should marry [[Cartwright Curse|despite the risk]] of history [[Doom Magnet|repeating itself]].
== [[Web Original]] ==
* The satire newspaper ''[[The Onion]]'' commented on the scandal of the Catholic Church covering up for pedophile priests (by moving them around instead of firing
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* In Disney's ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Disney film)|The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]'', the villain Frollo has been [[Flanderized]] into a pure case of this, believing Esmeralda to be a evil witch who has enchanted
== [[
▲* A lot of newspapers accused themselves, each other [https://web.archive.org/web/20130912174811/http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/03/16/republican-lawmaker-blames-11-year-old-victim-of-alleged-gang-rape/ and a certain politician] of internalizing this trope in their portrayal of a horrific event from 2011 where eighteen men gang-raped a eleven-year-old girl. The politician was portrayed as thinking it was the kid's own fault she got raped
▲* In Disney's ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Disney film)|The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]'', the villain Frollo has been [[Flanderized]] into a pure case of this, believing Esmeralda to be a evil witch who has enchanted him -- since that's the only reason he could be in lust with her -- and trying to have her [[Burn the Witch|burnt at the stake for it]].
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