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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==

* Pretty much any show taking place at a [[One-Gender School|single sex school]] or institution.

** ''[[~~Maria-sama~~ ga Miteru]]'' is the famous all-girls example. Though it has a nearby all-boy's school, that's mostly used as a plot device rather than any real threat to the shippers. Its male-oriented [[Dueling Shows|demographic twin]] ''[[Strawberry Panic ~~(Light Novel)~~|Strawberry Panic]]'' pretty much abandons that idea.

** ''[[Mariasama ga Miteru]]'' is the famous all-girls example. Though it has a nearby all-boy's school, that's mostly used as a plot device rather than any real threat to the shippers. Its male-oriented [[Dueling Shows|demographic twin]] ''[[Strawberry Panic!|Strawberry Panic]]'' pretty much abandons that idea.

** ''[[Gakuen Heaven]]'', ''[[~~Sukisho (Light Novel)|~~Sukisho]]'' and ''[[Hana-Kimi]]'' for [[Boys Love|BL]] versions, etc.

** ''[[Gakuen Heaven]]'', ''[[Sukisho]]'' and ''[[Hana Kimi]]'' for [[Boys Love|BL]] versions, etc.

** ''[[Manga/Shoujo Sect|Shoujo Sect]]'' is situated in an all-girl's high school, although the willingness of the students to hop into bed with each other and even form harems still makes one wonder.

*** And the two lead characters avert the trope entirely: they are quite thoroughly lesbian, as illustrated by the manga's epilogue that takes place after high school.

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** Then again, when one of the only three males {{spoiler|(at least that we knew of immediately)}} had [[Dropped a Bridget On Him|a Bridget dropped on him]], he decided he didn't care anymore and continued his pursuit anyway.

** One of the women finds a book that explains heterosexual sex and reproduction. She wants to try it but the way she goes about it with the youngest male available and the fact that she has a girlfriend suggest that she doesn't really comprehend the importance. She also gets accused of witchcraft when the female government finds it in her possession. It sounds funny. It was not.

* ''[[~~Saber Marionette J (Anime)|~~Saber Marionette J]]'', where the world is all male because the only survivors of the spaceship crash were male, and since [[Did Not Do the Research|not-so-logically]] everyone is a clone from the DNA of those six, there aren't any women. If they can do cloning, why can't they do X-chromosome duplication? Never mind. Oddly enough [[Robot Girl|Robot Girls]] in the series are mostly treated as impressive machines, but Hanagata is the only real [[Pet Homosexual|obviously gay]] character. It ''is'' [[Shonen]], after all. The manga states outright that lack of women is the reason for most of the homosexual relationships on Terra 2.

* ''[[Saber Marionette J]]'', where the world is all male because the only survivors of the spaceship crash were male, and since [[Did Not Do the Research|not-so-logically]] everyone is a clone from the DNA of those six, there aren't any women. If they can do cloning, why can't they do X-chromosome duplication? Never mind. Oddly enough [[Robot Girl|Robot Girls]] in the series are mostly treated as impressive machines, but Hanagata is the only real [[Pet Homosexual|obviously gay]] character. It ''is'' [[Shonen]], after all. The manga states outright that lack of women is the reason for most of the homosexual relationships on Terra 2.

* Indirectly affects ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh (~~Anime~~)|Yu-Gi-Oh]]''; no doubt one of the main reasons there's so much [[Everyone Is Gay|Yaoi Fic]] in this fandom is the [[Cast Full of Pretty Boys|dearth of female characters]] and overabundance of [[Bishonen]].

* Indirectly affects ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh (anime)|Yu-Gi-Oh]]''; no doubt one of the main reasons there's so much [[Everyone Is Gay|Yaoi Fic]] in this fandom is the [[Cast Full of Pretty Boys|dearth of female characters]] and overabundance of [[Bishonen]].

* One storyline in the manga ''[[Legal Drug|Gohou Drug]]'' involves the characters infiltrating an all male boarding school, where almost all the guys are gay simply because there are no girls around. One student even explains this trope directly to the main character.

* The Arume in ''[[Blue Drop]]'' form a [[One-Gender Race|race that only consist of women]], but they manage to produce offspring with the aid of technology. After conquering the earth they ''still'' appear to be mostly interested in the women though.

** Also happens with Earth's people in the manga, ''Tenshi no Bokura''. The Arume keep the humans segregated by gender, so the girls grow up lesbian due to Arume... influence. Males resort to homosexuality out of necessity, although one of a pair often crossdresses.

* There is absolutely no appearance or mention of any female in [[Boys Love]] anime ''[[~~Sukisho (Light Novel)|~~Sukisho]]'', and the Valentine's Day episode shows many gay couples walking around. There is no explanation for this, females simply seem to not exist. The lead character's reaction to gayness still goes from absolutely-unbothered to completely-freaked-out (and oblivious-to-his-roommate-in-denial).

* There is absolutely no appearance or mention of any female in [[Boys Love]] anime ''[[Sukisho]]'', and the Valentine's Day episode shows many gay couples walking around. There is no explanation for this, females simply seem to not exist. The lead character's reaction to gayness still goes from absolutely-unbothered to completely-freaked-out (and oblivious-to-his-roommate-in-denial).

* In [[Ooku]], the titular Inner Chambers of the Shogun's palace is rife with this; from late night "[[Prison Rape|hazing]]" of newcomers to [[Bishonen]] sleeping their way into better positions to rather ordinary romances and crushes. This is all the more surprising to those entering service there because the gender ratio outside the Edo Castle is [[Gendercide|severely skewed in favor of women]] (there is a [[Persecution Flip|reason]] the Shogunate has been [[Lady Land|handed down through the female lines for generations]]) and such ''waste'' of seed is unheard of.

* ''[[~~Axis Powers Hetalia (Manga)|~~Axis Powers Hetalia]]'', [[Ho Yay|with pretty much every male character]].

* ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'', [[Ho Yay|with pretty much every male character]].

* ''[[Togainu no Chi]]''

* ''[[Jyu Oh Sei]]'': Women are very scarce on Chimera, and tend to live separately from men. As a result, a lot of otherwise straight men aren't against going for the next best thing (read: [[Even the Guys Want Him|Thor]])

* ''[[Jyu-Oh-Sei]]'': Women are very scarce on Chimera, and tend to live separately from men. As a result, a lot of otherwise straight men aren't against going for the next best thing (read: [[Even the Guys Want Him|Thor]])

* ''[[~~Ai no Kusabi (Light Novel)|~~Ai no Kusabi]]'' has a [[Cast Full of Gay]] [[Cast Full of Pretty Boys|Pretty Boys]] not because everyone is outright specified as homosexual but because women are extremely rare on the world of Amoi in which it takes place.

* ''[[Ai no Kusabi]]'' has a [[Cast Full of Gay]] [[Cast Full of Pretty Boys|Pretty Boys]] not because everyone is outright specified as homosexual but because women are extremely rare on the world of Amoi in which it takes place.

== [[Comic Books]] ==

* In ''[[Y ~~the~~ Last Man]]'', a lot of women are with other women as a substitute, but a lot simply go without, as many of them had before the "[[Gendercide]]".

* In ''[[Y: The Last Man]]'', a lot of women are with other women as a substitute, but a lot simply go without, as many of them had before the "[[Gendercide]]".

* Writers of ''[[Wonder Woman]]'' throw around hints that Themyscira has embraced this sort of mindset: some of the women are chaste, some of them are seeing [[A Date ~~With~~ Rosie Palms|Rosie Palms]], and the rest pair up.

* Writers of ''[[Wonder Woman]]'' throw around hints that Themyscira has embraced this sort of mindset: some of the women are chaste, some of them are seeing [[A Date with Rosie Palms|Rosie Palms]], and the rest pair up.

** The more juvenile writers, usually the ones who get a chance to briefly play with the character in another title, throw around hints. The main series itself has straightforwardly confirmed it multiple times, though quietly.

** Diana does some traditional courtship rituals with her boyfriend Nemesis, he asks how a society of only women has such things.

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** That being said, [[All There in the Manual|''Perfect Memento in Strict Sense'']] illustrates (literally) that there are males in the human village. Whether or not any of the [[Youkai]] girls would be interested (although the presence of [[Half-Human Hybrid|Rinnosuke]] would indicate it's possible), the human characters should have their pick of straight options. [[Girl-On-Girl Is Hot|However...]]

* Lord of the Flies fanfiction is often subject to this, since there are no female characters...period.

* The ''[[~~Team Fortress 2 (Video Game)|~~Team Fortress 2]]'' characters are seen (and promptly used) as such. As best said by Kytri, author of ''[[~~Cuanta Vida (Webcomic)|~~Cuanta Vida]]'', "I think of most of the characters as being straight, you just wouldn't notice since there's no women around for them to be straight with."

* The ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'' characters are seen (and promptly used) as such. As best said by Kytri, author of ''[[Cuanta Vida]]'', "I think of most of the characters as being straight, you just wouldn't notice since there's no women around for them to be straight with."

== [[Film]] ==

* Every [[B-Movie~~|B-movie~~]] [[Girls Behind Bars|women-in-prison]] flick ever made. (And a few of the men.)

* Every [[B-Movie]] [[Girls Behind Bars|women-in-prison]] flick ever made. (And a few of the men.)

* Referenced in ''[[The Longest Yard]]'' (2005),

{{quote| '''Caretaker''' (On the [[Camp Gay]] prisoners) - "You might say 'no thanks' ''now'', but in a few months, they're gonna look like Beyoncé."}}

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== [[Literature]] ==

* In the ''Discworld'' series of books, dwarves embody this through most of the series. Both male and female dwarves wear the same clothes, have beards and so forth. Therefore, courtship for dwarves is described as delicately finding out the gender of a fellow dwarf. When this starts to change through one female dwarf taking on [[Tertiary Sexual Characteristics]], it causes a huge uproar in the dwarf community.

* Rather baselessly averted in [[John Wyndham]]'s ''Consider Her Ways''. In the aftermath of a virus wiping out all men, a basically sexless society emerges. Wyndham seems to have utterly dismissed the possibility that women could form romantic relationships with each other, despite making a reference to [[~~Sappho (Creator)|~~Sappho]] at one point. He admitted that he put plot ahead of common sense in that one and seemed to regret it. Happens to the best of us.

* Rather baselessly averted in [[John Wyndham]]'s ''Consider Her Ways''. In the aftermath of a virus wiping out all men, a basically sexless society emerges. Wyndham seems to have utterly dismissed the possibility that women could form romantic relationships with each other, despite making a reference to [[Sappho]] at one point. He admitted that he put plot ahead of common sense in that one and seemed to regret it. Happens to the best of us.

* ''[[The Wheel of Time]]'' has what are euphemistically referred to as "pillow friends", especially among initiates in the White Tower, where girls are isolated from men (and the world altogether) and would have problems anyway due to their powers and extended lifespan. Treated as a very private matter and not looked down upon, most of these relationships dissolve upon completing the long training process, anyway, though not always. All of the all-female organizations have some mention of this. Complicated by the fact that "pillow friends" can refer to a platonic friendship, since sharing a bed isn't always sexual--it's just as often that one of the friends has been punished and wants to cry herself to sleep on a friend's shoulder.

** A comparably ''extremely'' brief allusion to a male equivalent in [[The Empire]]'s military companies occurs in ''Knife of Dreams'' during Tuon's point-of-view.

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== [[Web Comics]] ==

* Toyed with in the [[No Fourth Wall]] webcomic ''[[One Over Zero|1/0]]''. Marcus, existing in a world consisting of only male characters, has no concept of women and tries to flirt with the guys instead. [[Word of God|Tailsteak clarifies]] that Marcus isn't gay, "he's just settling for second best," then introduces a female character to clear things up for Marcus. (Said female character ''is'' gay, just to annoy the cast.)

* More or less the same situation as ''[[Y ~~the~~ Last Man]]'' exists in the webcomic ''[[Angels 2200]]''.

* More or less the same situation as ''[[Y: The Last Man]]'' exists in the webcomic ''[[Angels 2200]]''.

* [[Word of God]] is that all Erogenians in ''[[The Challenges of Zona]]'' are "situationally bisexual".

* Thief and Fighter have a little discussion about this and elven prisons in ''[[8-Bit Theater (Webcomic)|Eight Bit Theater]]''.