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* ''Film/{{Barbarella}}''. The title character is surprised when Mark Hand wants to have RescueSex on a bed, because no-one's done it that way in centuries. On Earth you take an Exaltation Transference Pill and touch hands for one minute until [[IsThatWhatTheyreCallingItNow "full rapport is achieved"]]. Hand insists on doing it the old fashioned way, and Barbarella [[GoodOldWays finds herself quite liking it]]; she's a bit disappointed when Dildano insists on showing his sophistication by doing it "the Earth way", whereupon HilarityEnsues.

[[caption-width-right:300:Cheating on a telepath with another telepath? Bad move, Scott...]]

* Happens a few times in ''Literature/TheWindUpBirdChronicle'' by Haruki Murakami. The character in question is referred to as a "prostitute of the mind".
* A brief episode near the climax (no pun intended) of ''Literature/{{Otherland}}'' has Renie and !Xabbu meeting in a virtual world as pure avatars, without bodies. Their mental union is compared to sex in terms of its intensity and significance. Later, they do it in virtual bodies, and then again "for real".
* From ''Fortress of the Pearl'', part of ''Literature/TheElricSaga''. While exploring the dream worlds for the Pearl at the Heart of the World, Elric of Melnibone and Oone (the beautiful psychic seer who helped him enter this realm) have an affair. It's another case where YourMindMakesItReal, [[spoiler:since at the end of the story Oone announces she's pregnant (with twins -- yes, she ''is'' a seer); she keeps this a secret from Elric, though.]]
* In ''Literature/TheEndOfMrY'' the protagonist ends up having sex with someone in an imaginary place called the troposphere (complicated, but it's kind of a part of her mind), to which they have both traveled in spirit.

* This is how the [[SpaceElves Lo'ona Aeo]] reproduce in the ''Literature/ArrivalsFromTheDark'' books. They have four sexes, three of which participate in conception, although no physical contact takes place (the fourth sex, half-female, is sterile, and an immature individual can be "encouraged" by the clan leaders to become one, if they deem that this particular genetic branch needs to become a dead end). The full-male and half-male [[MindMeld join their minds]] with the full-female in a process called "mental contamination", which leaves the full-female pregnant. The child has the personality characteristics of all its parents. A plot point in the ''Fighters of Danwait'' book is that a Lo'ona Aeo named Zantu went against the clan leaders' wishes and became a full-female instead of a half-female. As punishment, she was exiled to travel aboard a merchant ship normally crewed by [[ServantRace Servs]] until she passed her reproductive period (due to their long lives, this can last centuries). She ends up meeting a human named Sergey Valdez, a descendant of a [[HalfHumanHybrid human/Faata hybrid]], and helps him discover his latent PsychicPowers. Their {{Mind Meld}}s accidentally result in Zantu becoming pregnant. She goes back to her clan, as her exile is now over, and Sergey marries a human woman instead. Two novels later, Sergey's son meets his Lo'ona Aeo "half-brother", who has inherited some of Sergey's adventurism (the Lo'ona Aeo are xenophobic and prefer to stay with their clans).
* In ''Literature/AWizardInRhyme'', a NearDeathExperience lets the main character and his CuteGhostGirl love interest share a... melding of souls before he gets yanked back into his body. It's described as an impossibly ecstatic experience, being a taste of what {{Heaven}} itself has to offer, and his friends have to cut it short before [[OutWithABang it can kill him]].

* One episode of ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' referenced the concept of technologically-mediated psychic prostitution, although it wasn't a significant element of the story.
* ''Series/Sense8'': The cluster has sex together due to their psychic link. Kala also has mental sex with Wolfgang, while at the moment physically she was actually with her husband.

* ''VideoGame/DivinityOriginalSinII'': If the PlayerCharacter initiates an OptionalSexualEncounter with Fane the [[DemBones skeleton]], he merges their SoulPower to draw them into an interactive memory from when he was alive.

* ''VisualNovel/FateHollowAtaraxia'': Rider enters Shirou's dream and tries to entice him into a threesome with her and an image of Sakura. This time, Shirou figures out what is going on and stops her.

* In ''Webcomic/GeneCatlow'', the "Sight of the Soul" is like a global, psychic internet... and, as two of the main characters learn the hard way, fooling around there can actually lead to pregnancy -- even if their bodies aren't touching, their life-forces are, and that's enough. In fact, it is apparently MORE likely, because the end result is one character getting pregnant who was, otherwise, sterile.
* Subverted in ''Webcomic/CyanideAndHappiness'' [[http://www.explosm.net/comics/2065/ #2065.]] Copulating mentally is his power, but only he can get off it, in order to maintain his secret. The bystander points out that this essentially means ejaculating every time he sees a woman.

* ''Film/{{Barbarella}}''. The title character is surprised when Mark Hand wants to have RescueSex on a bed, because no-one's done it that way in centuries. On Earth you take an Exaltation Transference Pill and touch hands for one minute until [[IsThatWhatTheyreCallingItNow "full rapport is achieved"]]. Hand insists on doing it the old fashioned way, and Barbarella [[GoodOldWays finds herself quite liking it]]; she's a bit disappointed when Dildano insists on showing his sophistication by doing it "the Earth way".

* The "Earth Way" of having sex in ''Film/{{Barbarella}}''.

* [[PlayedWith Played with]] in ‘’Fanfic/NoHiddenContractsTaxesOrFees’’. [[spoiler:Spouxls catches Spamton and Rouxls flirting in his MentalWorld at one point, and they then begin to melt into each other. When Spouxls mentions it later, Spamton calls him a peeping Tom, implying that the incident was some form of this trope.]]

* "Sharing dreams" among the Psyches is implied to be this in ''Fanfic/EmpathTheLuckiestSmurf''. Also Empath and Smurfette develop a telepathic bond with each other after their first time together in "Empath's Honeymoon".

* "Sharing dreams" among the Psyches is implied to be this in ''Fanfic/EmpathTheLuckiestSmurf''.

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** T'Pol experienced a MindRape that started out as a consensual MentalAffair (the other guy refused to get out of her mind when she'd had enough). She ends up getting a fictional analogue to AIDS as a result.

* Happens a few times in ''Literature/TheWindUpBirdChronicle?'' by Haruki Murakami. The character in question is referred to as a "prostitute of the mind".

* Quoted from the ''Pokégirls'' pokedex entry for Bakuchan (a ghost-type):

* The purely emotional version of this is implied in ''Fanfic/LostInCamelot''; after Merlin starts to realise that he has romantic feelings for Morgana, he feels as though he is cheating on Bo by spending time with her, wondering if he is ‘using’ Morgana to satisfy his emotional needs (although, to his credit, he does his best to amend this by opening up more to Bo); Kenzi recognises the attraction, but leaves it alone at first as she knows that Merlin wouldn’t actively cheat on Bo.

* Also occurs frequently in ComicBook/XMen fanfiction featuring Professor X (typically paired with [[FoeYay his friend-turned-enemy-turned-frenemy]] Magneto), because, of course, Professor X has [[DirtyMindReading certain]] [[{{Telepathy}} powers.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'' features a child-friendly example with Fenton and Gandra using VR program they've been building to meet covertly. There's even a shot of them kissing shown from the perspective of someone outside of the program, and it looks just as ridiculous as you'd imagine.

* The ''Literature/DreambloodDuology'': One order of Hananja's [[ReligionIsMagic priesthood]], the Sisters, use ((Dream Weav|er}}ing magic to create intensely erotic dreams for their clients, because they generate "dreamseed" that fuels the priesthood's {{Healing|Hands}} magic. One Sister notes that she's not technically an active participant in the dreams, but from the perspective of her clients, it's an academic distinction at most.

* The ''Literature/DreambloodDuology'': One order of Hananja's priesthood, the Sisters, use DreamWeaving magic to create intensely erotic dreams for their clients, because they generate "dreamseed" that fuels the priesthood's {{Healing|Hands}} magic. One Sister notes that she's not technically an active participant in the dreams, but from the perspective of her clients, it's an academic distinction at most.

* Mindf██k; and Sistah Spooky in ''ComicBook/{{Empowered}}''. Notable in that they have to do it this way as Mindf██k; has no tongue. Also, Mindf██k; is often on a space station while Spooky is on Earth. It's as good a way as any to make a LongDistanceRelationship work out.

* Mind████ and Sistah Spooky in ''ComicBook/{{Empowered}}''. Notable in that they have to do it this way as Mind████ has no tongue. Also, Mind████ is often on a space station while Spooky is on Earth. It's as good a way as any to make a LongDistanceRelationship work out.

* Subverted in ''Webcomic/CyanideAndHappiness'' [[http://www.explosm.net/comics/2065/ #2065]]. Copulating mentally is his power, but only he can get off it, in order to maintain his secret. The bystander points out that this essentially means ejaculating every time he sees a woman.

* This is the only way that vampires ([[OurVampiresAreDifferent or one species of them, anyway]]) can have sex in a movie that aired on Syfy. It's not clear whether both parties necessarily experience the event at once, and the human partner in each case was able to envision a partner other than the vampire.