History Main / DefiledForever

** In the case of Robb Stark, despite already being in a marriage agreement, he weds Jeyne Westerling, with whom he [[SexForSolace slept upon hearing of his siblings' deaths]], in order not cause her any dishonor. The consequences of breaking his word end up being very dire for him though.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'' fanfic, ''Fanfic/MemoirsOfAMaster'', [[spoiler: Yeying, Master Shifu's supposedly dead wife]] comes to the Jade Palace after years of being tortured and raped in prison by an evil tyrant, convinced that Shifu would reject her. However, before she can fully articulate that fear, Shifu embraces her with a love undiminished after 40 years of separation and firmly asserts without equivocation that he is overjoyed beyond words to take her back. Furthermore, after hearing what she suffered, Shifu blew his top ranting that he so wished he could spit on the dead villain's grave for doing that to her.

* In Baise Moi, a rape transforms the victims into destructive {{Omnicidal Maniac}}s. This is not RapeAndRevenge since the victims aren't going up against those who are guilty or even people who they in some twisted way believe is guilty. It's more like the rape simply made them lose their humanity. It should be noted that both characters had pretty crappy lives even beforehand and the rape can simply be interpreted as their mutual RageBreakingPoint.

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* Pops up in the Myth/ArthurianLegend in strange places. In ''Literature/LeMorteDArthur'', Malory occasionally invokes this trope either through the rape of women or their willful adultery, and there is quite a bit of both. Most striking, however, is the rape by deception that Morgause uses to sleep with Arthur and beget Mordred, which is counted among Arthur's sins and failings that lead to his kingdom's collapse and his death.
** It's even worse in ''Literature/TheOnceAndFutureKing,'' where Morgause's rape is counted as Arthur's only sin, as he is otherwise pure, upright, wise and cosmopolitan beyond anyone else in his time; the narrator outright states that it is this sin that seals Arthur's doom, even though he did not know he committed it (though the drowning of infants he attempts to solve the problem doesn't help). It's a really disturbing case when you stop and think about it.
** Interestingly, this may be HypocriticalHumor if [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malory#Thomas_Malory_of_Newbold_Revel one account]] of Malory's life is correct.

* Invoked and then subverted in Juanita Coulson's ''The Death God's Citadel''. [[spoiler: [[UpperClassTwit Aubage]], who was marrying [[PrincessClassic Ilissa]] for position, [[MoralEventHorizon considers her defiled and unworthy]] after [[VirginTension finding out she was raped]] by [[BigBad Vraduir]]. By contrast, [[CursedWithAwesome Erezjan]] cares only about how it traumatized Ilissa (with whom he's genuinely in love).]]

* Ariane, the heroine of the medieval RomanceNovel ''Enchanted'', was considered this by her father after she was raped. Even worse, he doesn't believe that she was and instead thinks that it's she who seduced her assailant.

* In ''Literature/GoneWithTheWind'' Rhett Butler took a girl out in his carriage without a chaperone and they got held up. Even though nothing had happened between them, the mere possibility that they might have done something naughty was enough for the girl's family to demand that he marry her. He refused and she was "ruined."

* The book ''Literature/IChooseLife'' is an AuthorTract against this trope. The main character (who is also the writer) was kidnapped as a child -- molested, tortured, and almost murdered. Afterward, one of her main problems was with people trying to make this trauma her permanent identity instead of acknowledging that it was a horrible incident that happened to her and is now over.

* Abrahamic religions:
** {{Zigzagged}} throughout the Tanakh / Old Testament of Literature/TheBible.
*** Deuteronomy contains a law that states that a woman is not guilty of sexual misconduct if there is evidence that she was forcibly raped (for instance, she was heard crying for help) or if it cannot be proven that she ''didn't'' resist.
*** In [[BrotherSisterIncest the story of Amnon and his half-sister Tamar]] in [[Literature/BooksOfSamuel 2 Samuel 13]], After Amnon lures Tamar into his rooms while PlayingSick and rapes her, Tamar herself says to him that ''his rejection of her afterwards is even eviler than the rape.''
*** In [[Literature/BookOfGenesis Genesis 34]], Dinah, daughter of Leah and Jacob, is raped by Shechem of the Hivite. Then the rapist demands that his father Hamor (the local chieftain) get Dinah for his wife, apparently trying to invoke 'marry me or be defiled forever'. It doesn't work. Jacob's sons go overboard in [[RoaringRampageofRevenge revenge]]; Simeon and Levi, having led the slaughter, lose the possibility of being considered next in line for head of the tribe after Reuben (the eldest) loses ''his'' right.
*** [[Literature/BookOfExodus Exodus]] contains a law that states that anyone (male or female) who [[BestialityIsDepraved has sex with an animal]] is to be executed. The animal is also considered Defiled Forever and must be slaughtered.
** In the New Testament, this trope is averted; sexual immorality defiles, but not irredeemably. Paul says in the sixth chapter of 1 Corinthians that a believer's body is considered a temple of God, which is defiled when it's involved in sexual immorality. But it doesn't say defiled ''forever''--and Paul had just said in the same chapter that some of his audience used to be "sexually immoral" before they were "washed" and "sanctified".
*** In St. Augustine's writings, this trope is averted in the case of rape. He says that if a maiden is raped and doesn't consent in spirit, then she is still a virgin just as if she wasn't raped because she did not bring the rape upon herself and she maintained her purity in mind throughout the experience.
*** {{Lampshaded}} by Creator/CSLewis in one essay in which he says that scandalmongers deserve it more than prostitutes.
** Averted with rape in [[Literature/TheQuran the Qu'ran]], where the victim isn't considered defiled, and the perpetrator is given a punishment ranging from lashing to execution. If the crime was adultery however, then both have commited a form of zina and must be executed.

** Some versions of the myth of {{Medusa}} has her getting raped by Poseidon, then, as punishment for being so tempting, she's transformed into a gorgon. Quite a lot of victims of divine rape in Greek mythology were transformed or blasted by gods who were angry but couldn't take it out on the divine partner.

* {{Averted}} with Goewin, of the ''Literature/{{Mabinogion}}''. Her job is to hold Math fab Mathonwy's feet in her lap since he would die otherwise. After Math is tricked into leaving, his nephews proceed to rape Goewin. When Math comes back, Goewin tells him this (his footholder must be a virgin), and he proceeds to punish his nephews by turning them into mating animals for three years. He also marries Goewin on the spot, so nobody could speak down to her since she was now a queen.

* PlayedForLaughs at the start of ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'' while the protag Battler is roughhousing with his {{tomboy}} cousin Jessica. After he teases her over her GagBoobs she demands to know if his "elephant" grew as well, leading to him jokingly shouting that he's ruined for marriage.

* ''Series/{{Castle}}'' uses this with a rare male example, although it has less to do with the fact he had an affair as much as ''who'' he was... well, kinda. [[spoiler: A member of the New York City Council got caught having an affair with a prostitute. This would've been disastrous for his career, so much that his political opposition kept copies of photos proving the affair as their trump card. Unfortunately for everyone involved, the private detective who got hired to find this secret kept copies for himself and threatened to blackmail the councilman. Long story short, the councilman tried to buy off the blackmailer in one major payoff with money stolen from his own campaign fund and his wife's trust fund, thereby exposing his affair to his wife and his campaign manager. However, he wasn't killed for being 'damaged goods' as much as a 'Political shit storm' and had to be removed from the picture.]] However, each person involved has a different reason why he was defiled forever, some more personal than others.

* PlayedForLaughs in ''Literature/MonsterGirlDoctor'', as some girls suggest this is the case after some of Dr. Glenn's more intimate examinations. Sometimes not even then - [[ProudWarriorRaceGirl Tisalia Scythia]], a haughty centaur princess, says this verbatim while getting a hoof trim and new shoes (if you know horses, it would be like a human girl [[AfraidOfNeedles screaming bloody murder while getting a pedicure]]).

* Partial subversion in ''Literature/LoneHuntress''. What Lisa's abductors did to her is actually LESS important to her as an adult than what they did to her tribe. Not that it doesn't leave her with a ParalyzingFearOfSexuality.

* Creator/TimMarquitz has the Prince of Lathah consider his sister to be this ''Literature/TheBloodWarTrilogy'' when she becomes pregnant by one of her guards. It's subverted by the fact she's still a Princess and has an endless number of suitors eager for her hand.

* More complicated than one might expect in the ''Literature/JudgeDee'' books, considering that they're set in Tang China. It is expected that women will remain virgins until married (Dee scolds one man for his laxity in policing his household when it is discovered that his daughter - a murder victim - had been carrying on an affair for some months), and commit suicide if raped, especially after marriage (even if their husband is dead; one woman hangs herself because she feels an "unchaste widow" has no other option). On the other hand, prostitutes are not considered to be ruined by their "unfortunate profession", and can expect to find a marriage with an "honest farmer" if they can get out of said profession with a suitable dowry. Furthermore, Judge Dee himself disagrees with the tradition of suicide for rape victims, and in fact ends up making one such woman his third wife.

* Mary Vaughn from ''The Neanderthal Parallax'' trilogy manages to avert this. [[FirstEpisodeTwist While she is defiled at the start of the first book]] by the second one she has already consummated the relationship with her love interest, and by the third book, they are onto making babies.

* In Creator/StephanieBurgis's ''[[Literature/KatIncorrigible A Tangle of Magicks ]]'', Viscount Scarwood eloped with a young woman. She's ruined forever; he's still a perfectly eligible young man, having wounded her brother and suffered no injury in a duel.
* ''Literature/TessOfTheDUrbervilles'', good high heaven yes. Tess was raped by her employer while sleeping, and it's implied that she was raped again in the month in his service that followed before she slipped away in the dead of night. Because of this, her family and even her previously adoring and doting husband -- [[IronicName Angel]] -- consider her a ruined woman. Angel's reaction upon learning her dark and troubled past is especially egregious -- he rejects her utterly, considering her an impostor and a monster that destroyed the Tess he was in love with (shockingly, he addresses she is not to blame for the rape). This comes on the back of his admission that he'd had a fling with either a prostitute or a desperate OldMaid, and his being forgiven by her for it. To cut a rather depressing 'It Got Worse' story short, this sort of behavior continues until the only way she can support her family is to [[spoiler: become the mistress of the man who raped her in the first place. When she asks the atheistic Angel if they will be together in heaven, he can't even bring himself to say yes.]]
** Worthy of note, however, is the fact that this viewpoint is only espoused by characters within the novel. The novel itself was actually considered groundbreaking for ''not'' playing the trope straight in the narrative voice. The full title is, "Tess of the D'urbervilles - A Pure Woman, Faithfully Presented".

* Averted in the ''Literature/WickedLovely'' series -- Ink Exchange is, when you take out the faeries and magickal tattoos, about Leslie reclaiming her life and body after being raped.

* PlayedForLaughs in ''Literature/MonsterGirlDoctor'', as some girls suggest this is the case after some of Dr. Glenn's more intimate examinations. Sometimes not even then - [[ProudWarriorRaceGirl Tisalia Scythia]], a haughty centaur princess, says this verbatim while getting a hoof trim and new shoes (if you know horses, it would be like a human girl [[AfraidOfNeedles screaming bloody murder while getting a pedicure]]).
* ''Literature/TheWolfDenTrilogy'': Dido believes that "everything good" about herself died when she lost her virginity in the brothel. She fears that, because of her defilement, her family wouldn't take her back even if she found them again.

* In ''Film/BaiseMoi'', a rape transforms the victims into destructive {{Omnicidal Maniac}}s. This is not RapeAndRevenge since the victims aren't going up against those who are guilty or even people who they in some twisted way believe is guilty. It's more like the rape simply made them lose their humanity. It should be noted that both characters had pretty crappy lives even beforehand and the rape can simply be interpreted as their mutual RageBreakingPoint.

* The Swedish movie ''Film/LilyaFourEver'' takes a very grim view of present-day trafficking. It is loosely based on a real case where an underage girl from one of the ex-Soviet countries [[DrivenToSuicide killed herself]] in Sweden after having been lured there by a guy who turned out to be a pimp. In the movie, he rapes her repeatedly and then tries to convince her that she's now a prostitute no matter what.

* ''Series/PartOfMe'': Valeria is captured by TheCartel and [[MadeASlave made]] in a SexSlave, with her first "client" brutally raping her. Even after she escapes, she feels traumatized and "soiled" by the experience, and has a hard time interacting with men, especially when it comes with relationships. She eventually gets over it with the help of her friends and her LoveInterest Eddie.

* In the ''Literature/JohnCarterOfMars'' series'', this trope is subverted: females are lauded for killing themselves rather than enduring such a shame. On the other hand, those who are unable or unwilling to do so suffer no diminished reputation. Princess Thuvia of Ptarth was a [[SexSlave slave concubine]] to White Martian slavers for 15 years, yet she still has suitors such as Carthoris and [[VillainousCrush Prince Astok]], who pay no mind to it.

* In ''Manga/KOn'', the extremely timid Mio sobs, "No one will marry me now!" after tripping onstage and giving the audience a {{PantyShot}}...and also after being forcibly stripped and put in a skimpy outfit. PlayedForLaughs, being a MinorInjuryOverreaction.

*** In [[Literature/BookOfGenesis Genesis 34]], Dinah, daughter of Leah and Jacob, is raped by Sechem of the Hivite. Then the rapist demands that his father Hamor (the local chieftain) get Dinah for his wife, apparently trying to invoke 'marry me or be defiled forever'. It doesn't work. Jacob's sons go overboard in [[RoaringRampageofRevenge revenge]]; Simeon and Levi, having led the slaughter, lose the possibility of being considered next in line for head of the tribe after Reuben (the eldest) loses ''his'' right.

* In the Blog/DasSporking dissection of ''[[Literature/{{Twilight}} Eclipse]]'', Mervin notes that Edward seems to have shades of this in his views towards Rosalie, given how he is so obsessed with Bella remaining chaste and is disgusted when Rosalie is brought in by Carlisle, having just been gang-raped.

* ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' [[AvertedTrope averts]] this with Rosalie, who has no angst about being raped. Some detractors have claimed her cavalier attitude is unrealistic. The reason for this is that the rape happened more than seventy years ago, so she's had time to get over it (and [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge kill her rapists]]).