History Main / ManOfSteelWomanOfKleenex

* Addressed on ''WesternAnimation/{{Invincible}}''. The title character is an 18-year-old FlyingBrick with near-Superman levels of strength and durability. When he and his human girlfriend Amber have TheirFirstTime, they briefly worry about this trope, and resolve it by having Amber on top just to be safe. Ultimately it turns out fine.
* A ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' [[https://youtu.be/m_aMss1p8EQ sketch]] had Superman accidentally blow Lois's brains out from the power of his...ahem, load, while she was giving him a blowjob. Cue baffled policemen wondering where the gun, bullet holes, or gunpowder residue was, before theorizing that Lois may have gotten killed from giving Thor a handjob.
-->'''Clark Kent:''' That cheating bitch! She blew me in that chair just last night! ''(realizes what he said)'' Uh, I mean...yoink! ''(runs through wall to escape)''

* Turns out to be why the Emperor didn’t know about the Sensei in ''WebAnimation/IfTheEmperorHadATextToSpeechDevice'', most of his mortal partners either suffered [[OutWithABang explosive orgasms]] or were left with broken ribs and in generally bad shape. As a matter of fact, he didn't know that ''any'' of them survived, much less borne him children.

* While not an example of super-strength, there have been some fans of Characters/BlackCanary who hope for her partners' sakes she isn't a [[SuperScream screamer]] in bed.

* During a time in ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk'' when Hulk was "Professor Hulk" (the Hulk's body with Bruce's mind in control; when he became 'the Hulk', it was Bruce's body with the Hulk's mind), whenever Bruce lost control and reverted to Human-Hulk, his wife Betty would "calm him down" with sex, restoring him to his big, green, and smart form. She even lampshaded it on one occasion.

* [[Creator/DCComics The Inferior Five]] has a less common inverted example, with the super-strong heroine Dumb Bunny ("Strong as an ox, and almost as smart!") in love with ordinary human Merryman ("He was a 90-pound weakling... until he lost weight"), but afraid of crushing him. Solved (or averted) by Phil Foglio in his 1991 mini-series when DB finds that, once she's "been conquered by" (i.e., has fallen in love with) her love interest, her super-strength no longer works on him. Cue hearts and flowers all around... though things would have been easier for them if her Amazon mother hadn't couched everything in terms of fighting.
* The Plutonian of ''ComicBook/{{Irredeemable}}''. Even touching his hair could cut the hand of a normal person. He was eventually able to get around this problem with a magical candle that rendered him mortal as long as it burned near him. The first time he uses it is to consummate his secret relationship with one of his teammates. In a dark deconstruction of this trope, it's implied that this taste of freedom may or may not have had something to do with him ultimately pulling a FaceHeelTurn later on.

* ''ComicBook/TheMightyThor'': Thor and Jane Foster probably.

* While ComicBook/SpiderMan's super-strength is downplayed enough that he is able to safely have sex with a normal human, it's sometimes implied that his body produces radiation in trace amounts, and there are at least two {{Bad Future}}s where Mary Jane died of cancer from repeated exposure to his "little spiders."

* Not related to super-strength, but the X-Men's [[Characters/MarvelComicsRogue Rogue]]. As she found out when her powers manifested themselves during her FirstKiss, if she remains in physical contact with anyone for very long, not only will she absorb any powers they may have but will absorb their LifeEnergy to the point of ultimately killing them. While she ''also'' has super-strength, the only way she can reliably have sex is through power-dampening technology, rendering the issue moot.

** In "Which Superhero is the Best Lover?", Duscher argues [[Characters/IncredibleHulkBruceBanner The Incredible Hulk]] would make a great lover and gets laughed off by the rest of the cast when they realize that coitus with Hulk would definitely end with him accidentally ripping you to shreds from sheer strength.

* Addressed on ''WesternAnimation/{{Invincible}}". The title character is an 18-year-old FlyingBrick with near-Superman levels of strength and durability. When he and his human girlfriend Amber have TheirFirstTime, they briefly worry about this trope, and resolve it by having Amber on top just to be safe. Ultimately it turns out fine.

* Gender flipped with [[spoiler:Yuki and Kobayashi]] in ''Webcomic/MegaTokyo'', though it's less about sex and more about [[spoiler:teleporting all over the city. While the teleporting does nothing to the magical girl Yuki, Kobayashi, however, takes the full brunt of the force with each jump.]] (however, the former is the first explanation Komugiko thinks about when she sees them).

* Alison (the [[FlyingBrick strong female protagonist]] of ''Webcomic/StrongFemaleProtagonist'') worries about the [=WoS/MoK=] aspect of this, and consequentially has trouble getting physically intimate with anyone. Her [[SuperheroRegistrationAct government-appointed doctor]] points out that since she doesn't destroy her bed whenever she tosses and turns in her sleep, she shouldn't have a similar problem with any other...autonomic reflexes.

* Downplayed in ''Fanfic/APrizeForThreeEmpires'' when ComicBook/CarolDanvers and [[Franchise/XMen Gladiator]] link hands. She is super-strong but he is still strong enough to shatter her bones accidentally. At the same time, he is careful enough to control his own strength.

* A downplayed version is seen at one point in ''Webcomic/MenageA3'' where [[BoobsOfSteel DiDi]] is seen laying in bed with an expression of post-orgasmic bliss while Kiley is sitting up visibly wondering if permanent damage has been done to her hand.

* Expressly discussed in the Literature/WhateleyUniverse, particularly in [[http://whateleyacademy.net/index.php/9-original-canon/240-sara-s-little-purple-book "Sara's Little Purple Book"]] (NSFW), which explains how to deal with sex when you're a PK brick or a lightning Energizer or any of a couple dozen other types of powered being. Sara ''is'' a Goddess of Lust in the making, so it makes sense that she'd have a certain insight into the matter. Unlike many others, she deals as much with the 'Woman of Steel, Man of Kleenex' issues just as much as the reverse, as well as questions of how different powers interact. While the book is mostly about PowerPerversionPotential, nearly half the discussion is on the dangers involved and how to avoid them.

-->'''Luke:''' ''(Breathlessly, after a mutual climax)'' [[{{Catchphrase}} Sweet Christmas]]...

* While not an example of super-strength, there have been some fans of Characters/BlackCanary who hope for her partners' sakes she isn't a [[SuperScreamer screamer]] in bed.

* While not an example of super-strength, there have been some fans of Characters/BlackCanary who hope for her partners' sakes she isn't a [[MakeMeWannaShout screamer]] in bed.