Double Standard Rape (Female on Male): Difference between revisions

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgfzdgWgEZ4 This Chocolate flavored Axe (Lynx in the UK) ad] is on the [[Nightmare Fuel]] page for a reason. It's [[Played for Laughs]], sure, and the chocolate guy [[Victim Falls For Rapist|seems to like it]], but can you imagine an ad showing a woman getting literal bites taken out of her, possibly against her will, by strangers on the street ''ever'' being passed for broadcast? [[Double Standard|Thought not]].

* ''Muscle Milk'' is supposed to make one more attractive. Ads show men visibly upset talking about how they are being sexually harassed by women, The announcer then tells them that attractive men ''must'' submit to unwanted sexual advances.

 

== Anime and Manga ==

* ''[[Catwoman]] #1'' ([[New 52|of the 2011 DC Relaunch]]) featured an example of this, given that during Catwoman and Batman's encounter he seems very reluctant at first. In the words of Linkara, [["It's Not Rape If You Enjoyed It"|"Because it's not rape if he consents eventually,]] [[Sarcasm Mode|right?"]]

 

* ''[[You Got Haruhi Rolled]]'' from the ''[[Suzumiya Haruhi]]'' universe has a [[Running Gag]] where [[Uncanny Valley Girl|Kuyou]] constantly tries to get in Fujiwara's pants. It's [[Played for Laughs]], but imagine what people's reaction would be were the genders reversed--''especially'' because Kuyou is a [[Starfish Alien]].

* "Conversation Is For Heterosexuals", a [[Kingdom Hearts]] AU fanfic, invokes this and crosses it over with [[Double Standard Rape (Male on Male)]]. In it, a bored Larxene plays matchmaker with Axel, Roxas, Marluxia, Vexen, Demyx, and Zexion. She does this by drugging them, stripping them naked, ''forcing them into penetrative positions'', and locking them in small boxes. When the pairs wake up, she explains that she'll only let them out if they have sex and reach climax, a proposition they all eventually play along with. Not only does she receive no [[Karma Houdini|ramifications]] from this, but the story boasts rave reviews from readers who consider Larxene the hero.

* Invoked in one of [[Cori Falls]]'s Rocketshipping fics. In few words, Cori assumes that men ''always'' want sex and ''never'' are too tired/not in mood for it/able to change their mind/etc., and it's fine for their female partners to believe a lack of male sexual desire is a personal offense to them.

* The ''[[Vorkosigan Saga]]'' fanfic ''[http://bracketyjack.livejournal.com/9482.html Forward Momentum]'' runs headlong into this in "The Two Ivans", though without actual rape. Ivan explicitly does not want to marry two woman who he has been seeing and sleeping with who have both proposed to him and are perfectly okay with polygamy. He does, however, want to secretly marry another woman and run away before the first two find out. {{spoiler|He is forced to marry ''all three''. And not in the [[P. G. Wodehouse|PG Wodehouse]] hilarious misunderstanding fashion either; the first two find out, show up, and negotiate their positions in the marriage with the third, without any input from Ivan, ''right in front of him''. He is literally given no choice in the matter, nor is the possibility of any refusal even mentioned. This is because they are backed by Imperial pressure. From ''both'' Barryar's and Cetaganda's Emperors. The two most powerful men in the known universe effectively ''force'' him to get married.}}

 

== Film ==

* ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen]]'' has a Decepticon disguised as a human female track down Sam in college, force him to the bed, and into a very compromising position. When Sam's girlfriend finds them, she is furious at him, and the situation is played for laughs.

* ''[[Almost Famous]]'' has a scene where a flock of 18-to-20-year-old girls have sex with a 15-year-old boy, shouting "deflower the kid!" Consider how that would be treated if the genders were reversed.

* A lesser sexual offense than rape, but same [[Double Standard]]: In ''[[An American Werewolf in London]]'', another nurse remarks to the [[Love Interest]] that she'd "had a look" at the unconscious David's genitals. If a male nurse had admitted to peeking under female patients' gowns, he'd get canned on the spot, but in this case the voyeur is merely chided that it's improper behavior.

* ''[[Horrible Bosses]]'' doesn't so much play this straight as avert it while [[Crosses the Line Twice|playing it for laughs anyways]]. Dentist Julia ([[Jennifer Aniston]]) drugs Dale her assistant and molests him while he's unconscious. She later shows him photos she took of this that look like them having sex and threatens to show them to his fiance if he does not have sex with her. Dale is very upset and angry by this and calls it rape and Julia is portrayed as a horrible person though it is still played for comedy more than rape usually is when the victims female.

* An aversion: The 1998 film ''Thursday'' has a scene in which Thomas Jane is held at gunpoint, tied to a chair, and raped by a female drug dealer. The scene treats the act as wrong, mostly due to the main character having a wife. Thomas Jane's character even call it rape. Despite this, it is still filmed in an erotic fashion.

* Crazily [[Zig Zagged Trope|zigzagged]] with Adam Sandler's upcoming film ''That's My Boy''; the film itself plays this trope straight as an arrow, but the critical backlash thus far has averted it ''hard''.

 

== Literature ==

* In an early episode of ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'', Odo comes to Sisko, openly distraught, and asks him to stop Lwaxana Troi from sexually harrassing him—her status as an ambassador means he feels he can't say anything himself for fear of insulting her. Sisko finds the whole thing hilarious and suggests that it would do Odo good to take her up on the offer. ''In the same episode'' Sisko tells Dr Bashir about an incident a few years before when he punched a male ambassador in the face for making advances to a female member of his crew.

* In an episode of ''[[Harry's Law]]'' one of Tommy's clients claimed he was raped by a woman. One of the other lawyers believed since he organized it wasn't rape, and Tommy even suggested to drop the case. The man keeps Tommy going by asking if he would be saying the same thing if he was a woman rapped by a man.

* An episode of ''[[Flight of the Conchords]]'' has Bret dating a woman who becomes increasingy pushy and aggressive in demanding sex from him, finally outright lying to and manipulating him to get him to capitulate. It's a little shaky on how it's portrayed; Bret is clearly traumaised afterwards and the woman is shown to be deeply unpleasant, but some of Bret's comments about the experience (such as how it only lasted a few minutes and she fell asleep right after) and Jermaine pretending to be him to another woman hoping for the same appear to be playing it partially for laughs.

* In the 2nd episode of ''Shameless'', Sheila handcuffs a naked Frank to the bed without even asking if he's comfortable with it. Frank is shown as being extremely uncomfortable throughout the whole scene and asks that "stop" be their safeword. When he sees her pull out a GIANT dildo, he sees "stop" immediately but it's implied that she anally penetrates him with the dildo anyways as he screams out "stop" again. This is played for laughs and Frank gets over it pretty quickly. Imagine if the genders were reversed

* In the ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' episode mocking the the [[Ed Wood (creator)|Ed Wood]] written film ''[[The Violent Years]]'' the rape scene is treated as being okay by Crow, while the original film does not.

** Given that the episode in question was rated TV-PG, whereas other episodes have been rated TV-14 simply for having a bit of action violence, it seems the network falls prey to the trope.

** And [[Fan Dumb|fandom]] ''definitely'' does. And how—questioning whether ''torturing and threatening to kill someone if they don't consent to sex and later brainwashing them into thinking the relationship is consensual'' is "really rape" or even flat out calling the victim "lucky" because the rapist is an attractive woman popular in fandom.

 

== Music ==

* Somewhat common in [[Greek Mythology]] where the prevailing feeling seemed to be "rape is ok when it is the strong on the weak." Perhaps the best know example of this was The Amazons which as a [[Gender Flip]]ped version of a typical warrior race would regularly [[Depraved Bisexual|rape prisoners of both genders]] just like their male counterparts. This was a major part of Greco-Roman culture. Any kind of sex was fine, including rape, as long as it involved domination of a social subordinate (usually a slave or wife; or in some cases, such as Spartan society, a younger male protege). To submit, sexually, to someone weaker or socially inferior was considered highly shameful, and grounds for anything from exploitative humour to outright ostracism.

* In the legend of [[King Arthur]], Sir Galahad was conceived when his father, Sir Lancelot, was drugged and raped twice. While the person who drugged him ([[The Vamp|Morgan Le Fay]]) is typically seen as a villain, both the rapes' mastermind (the [[Fisher King]] who wanted the perfect grandson) and the rapist herself (Princess Elaine) were not shown to be bad people.

 

== Theater ==

* In ''[[Moulin Rouge]]'', scenes where women push sex on men who are not interested are seen as awkward at worst, but scenes where men attempt to push sex on women are seen as violent and horrifying.

* In an example blending slightly with [[Double Standard Rape (Divine on Mortal)]], Prior of ''[[Angels in America]]'' seems strangely blasé, especially given he's in love with someone and gay, about how an angel fucked him with her [[Our Angels Are Different|eight vaginas]] when recounting the tale to his friend Belize. But, after the hell of a time he had in the entire first act leading up to the angel's arrival, maybe he was just too jaded to care by then.

 

== Video Games ==

* ''[[Bully (video game)|Bully]]'': The protagonist helps the cafeteria lady slip sedatives to a male teacher; it is strongly implied that she aims to take him home and rape him. Imagine the [[Moral Guardians]] reaction if the sexes were reversed.

* In ''[[Super Robot Wars Z]]''; one of the [[Original Generation]], Xine Espio, hints at wanting to commit night rape, if her battle quotes are to be trusted.

* In ''[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]'' C.J. is tied up and raped by Cesar’s [[Ax Crazy]] cousin Catalina during a [[Cutscene]]. She thinks C.J is her boyfriend but he is only working with her because she helps him get money by robbing place. C.J. begs her to stop and Catalina is depicted as being crazier than a shithouse rat, and it plays [[Black Comedy Rape]] as much as anything. Afterwards C.J. is visibly disturbed but keeps working with her, and she ends up being a [[Karma Houdini]] and runs away in the end with some poor mute named Claude (the guy from GTA 3). Of course, considering she is the [[Big Bad]] in another game, this was a [[Foregone Conclusion]].

* In the [[Capcom vs. Whatever]] series of games, Morrigan has a new super move named [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tS03a3p4Ej8 Eternal Slumber]. Succubus nature aside, she's the protagonist of ''[[Darkstalkers]]'' and frequently portrayed as a hero.

* Played straight by [[Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty]] and its fans: Otacon is screwed up and self-loathing enough to view being sexually assaulted as a minor by his step-mother (a woman in a position of authority over him) as 'being seduced' or 'a relationship', the fans have no such excuse.

* Horribly, '''horribly''' [[Averted]] in the ending of [[First Encounter Assault Recon|F.E.A.R 2: Project Origin]].

 

== Visual Novels ==

* ''Otome Rensa: Heart of the Distortion.'' While the game has no English translation, it's clear by the CG that this is what's going on.

 

* ''[[Dominic Deegan]]'' reveals that [http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2005-07-22 this] happened on his first date with Rachel Hart. Not only does he not get any sympathy, but his friendship with her doesn't seem in any way tarnished.

* ''[[Sexy Losers]]'' plays it straight with the "Kenta's Horny Mom" strips, where the mother lusts after her son... but is then [[Lampshaded]] with a [[Gender Swap]], to point out just how wrong it really is... and appropriately titled "Gender Incrimination".

{{quote|'''Gary''': ''I am totally OK with this situation!''}}

** Earlier, we see Gary nervously unable to say no to having sex with two women. Despite being very, ''very'' clearly [http://www.menagea3.net/strips-ma3/hugging_techniques uncomfortable with the whole situation], the two women essentially force him into a threesome without ever asking for his consent. Moments later, he's [http://www.menagea3.net/strips-ma3/while_i_watch nearly catatonic and despairing at the very notion], [http://www.menagea3.net/strips-ma3/thatis_what_i_said and says he didn't have a choice in the matter]. He seems to accept it eventually, and is later seen "preparing" for it (with all the enthusiasm of a man on death row), but little, if any, time is spent on considering his consent—it's just assumed, despite his attempted protests, that he'll be into it.

 

== Web Original ==

* In ''[[Tales of MU]]'' when it's revealed that Steff (a pre-op male-to-female transgender) was raped by Leda the standard response is "Is that even possible?" Though after much debate they come to recognize how traumatic it was.

* Game mod reviewer ''[[Al Chest Breach]]'' plays a consensual sex scene with a custom NPC follower as though she forced herself on him. As with the tone of all his reviews, [[Black Comedy Rape|the scene is clearly intended to be comedic]].

 

== Western Animation ==

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