History Main / ProfessionalSexEd

* In the Chilean SoapOpera ''Machos'', the pretty much all-male Mercader family used to have a sort of "tradition" where the sons would lose their virginities with local prostitutes. This deal ended when one of the current patriarch's boys, [[spoiler: the fifth son [[NiceGuy Adán]] ]], was so traumatised by the idea that [[TheLoinsSleepTonight developed a severe case of erectile disfunction]]; years after this, the poor guy is still a virgin and that ''completely'' fucks with his self-esteem.

* ''Series/DropTheDeadDonkey''. PointyHairedBoss Gus Hedges starts having erotic dreams about office hottie Joy, so he asks HandsomeLech Dave for help, promising to be "financially grateful". Realising his boss is a stuck-up virgin Dave sets him up with a [[BlatantLies professional sex counselor]] and the problem is resolved (actually Gus passes out from anxiety and the hooker lies to him about his night of passion -- what else would you pay a hooker for?). Dave turns up for the promised pay rise the next day, only Gus has fallen asleep and is having a HomoeroticDream about Dave, who is immediately thrown out of the office the moment Gus wakes up.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode "Fore Father", Chris takes up Quagmire as a father figure and takes him to a strip club to help him become a man. Knowing [[AnythingThatMoves Quagmire]], this is nothing out of the blue.

* The protagonist's father in ''Film/AnOfficerAndAGentleman'' only seems to "date" prostitutes, and his idea of bonding with his son is to invoke this trope.

* In ''Film/{{Mask|1985}}'', the protagonist Rocky Dennis suffers from a genetic defect that causes his face to be [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_L._Dennis disfigured]]. He's concerned that he'll never get a girlfriend because no one will look past his face. His mother then goes out to hire a prostitute to make him feel better. It backfires since Rocky not only doesn't have sex with her, they just talk, but also took the gesture as a sign his mother thought no one would want to be with him unless they were being paid.

* Creator/ClintEastwood produced, directed and starred in ''Honkytonk Man'', a tale set during TheGreatDepression of a country singer with TB whose life's ambition is to sing on The Grand Ole Opry (already a decade old at the time in which the film takes place). Clint's character, Red Stovall, is accompanied in his travels by his young nephew Whit, for whom Red arranges the rite of passage, with of course a HookerWithAHeartOfGold. The fact that Whit was played by ''Kyle'' Eastwood, Clint's real-life son, can definitely bring on UnfortunateImplications if not {{Squick}} for some viewers.

* In ''The Manticore'', the second book in Robertson Davies' [[Literature/FifthBusiness Deptford Trilogy]], David tells his psychoanalyst that some time after he had started dating Judy as a teenager, his father Boy Staunton, who was looking forward to futher continuation of the family, was delighted to learn that David had gotten himself his first girlfriend. Boy has David join him on a trip to Montreal, where he introduces him to a lady friend of his. Not long after, David finds himself in quarters adjacent to her at the hotel; she entices him toward her and brings about sexual intercourse between them. However, this initiation backfires; shortly afterward, the woman comes up in conversation between David and Boy; [[DidntThinkThisThrough the latter ventures to make a thinly-veiled remark]] to the effect that she can teach David a lot of things that he can do to Judy - David sees right through this and realizes that his father has set him up. It plays a not insignificant part in his becoming a sex-averse bachelor and thus, fast forward to the time of Boy's death, his son has not given him the grandchildren he desired.

** In ''Literature/{{Pyramids}}'', the first quarter of which explains much about the workings of the Assassins' Guild School in Ankh-Morpork, there is a specific reference to the very thorough personal and social education of the older boys at the (then all-male) School. As sons of the best families in the land, the School sees to it that they can hold their own in all companies and answer all challenges. Reference is made to older boys coming back to the School very late, even the following morning, yawning, tired, and unable to focus on the day's lessons - but in a way which is accepted and tolerated by the teachers and carrying none of the usual sanctions. It is hinted that this is connected with "seamstresses".
* In the ''Literature/HomecomingSaga'', this is actually an accepted practice in the city state of Basilica, referred to as hiring an "Auntie" for a young man's first time.

** Played straight a few books later. A tradition among the nobility and upper classes is to celebrate their sixteenth birthday and entering adult society by a visit to the Court of Night Blooming Flowers (an elite BandOfBrothels). Princess Sidonie even has Amarante, the daughter of a priestess of Namaah (aka basically-the-goddess-of-sex-among-other-things) as one of her ladies in waiting... and to teach her "the arts of the bedchamber."

* Goes horribly, horribly wrong in the Literature/{{Spenser}} novel ''Crimson Joy'', in which a SerialKiller of [[DisposableSexWorker prostitutes]] turns out to be repeatedly acting out his rage at a prostitute who his abusive father hired to "make a man of him" and who humiliated him when he couldn't perform.

* The '80s TV series ''Series/BretMaverick'' mentioned this in a two-part episode called "Faith Hope and Charity": the townsfolk are setting up for massive retaliatory scam in the saloon's upstairs rooms, and the bartender waxes nostalgic over a certain bed, recalling that his father had hired a prostitute to show him how it's done. The wave of nostalgia renders the bartender useless for the task at hand as the scene is PlayedForLaughs.

* On the HBO series ''Series/{{Rome}}'', Atia hires war-hero Titus Pullo to make her son Octavian (the future Emperor Augustus) into a man. Naturally, one of Pullo's efforts is to take young Octavian to a Roman whorehouse. Octavian is fifteen or sixteen when this is going on, going by the relative ages of characters and historic actions that are occurring. By Roman standards, he was about to ''legally'' become a man, and Atia wanted him to learn all the appropriate Roman male behaviors, including 'penetrating someone.' Octavian himself, by the way, is rather bored by the whole thing and just wants to get it over with to stop Atia's nagging.

* The series ''Series/{{Weeds}}'' has an uncle take his 12-year old nephew to a massage parlor so he can get his first "happy ending".

* The Janitor from ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' says to Doug while drawing a mural of a whore house on his leg cast that on his 12th birthday, his father took him to the whore house. Given the Janitor's tendencies for MultipleChoicePast, it's uncertain if he was telling the truth, but Dr. Kelso confirms the place existed.

* In the Chilean SoapOpera ''Machos'', the pretty much all-male Mercader family used to have a sort-of "tradition" where the sons would lose their virginities with local prostitutes. This deal ended when one of the current patriarch's boys, [[spoiler: the fifth son [[NiceGuy Adán]] ]], was so traumatised by the idea that [[TheLoinsSleepTonight developed a severe case of erectile disfunction]]; years after this, the poor guy is still a virgin and that ''completely'' fucks with his self-esteem.

* ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'': Attempted by Cotton Hill, who in a flashback took a teenaged Hank and his friends to the then-seedy Hotel Arlen to buy them hookers. Hank of course runs out screaming. In the same episode, he attempted to do the same with Bobby, not realizing it's not "that" kind of hotel anymore.

->''"I'll give you the same advice my father gave me the night I lost my virginity: 'Just pick one, they all cost the same."''

* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'': In "Toy Whorey", Stan takes Steve to [[SouthOfTheBorder Mexico]] to try to get him laid. Unfortunately, the prostitutes they find are a hideous, overweight amputee, a man's hands with female faces painted on them, [[NothingIsScarier something we don't see but that sends Stan and Steve running from the building vomiting]]. And then they get kidnapped.

* One of the characters in ''The Manticore'' by Robertson Davies has this arranged for him by his father.

* Used to good effect in ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/88520/1/welcome-to-the-brothel/das-laufhaus Welcome to the Brothel]]''. The protagonist is a virgin working as a mercenary during a civil war. His squadmates discover that he's never been with a woman, so they take him to a brothel. He learns about sex from a HookerWithAHeartOfGold. Whether it is ultimately for better or for worse is left up to the reader. ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/106068/1/relax/intimacy Relax]]'' is a followup to ''Welcome to the Brothel''. Apparently, the protagonist has been taught well by the prostitute.

* TheWestern movie ''Film/LightningJack'' has a sequence, played for laughs, where Jack takes his teenaged offsider to a brothel and arranges for him to get hands-on sex ed.

* Played with in ''Film/{{Porkys}}'': the boys go to Porky's in order to do this for themselves but are thrown out of the place. Later as a prank the other guys make Peewee think that he's going to have sex but then the hooker "dies" and Peewee freaks out.
* In ''Film/{{Mask|1985}}'', the protagonist Rocky Dennis suffers from a genetic defect that causes his face to be [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_L._Dennis disfigured]]. He's concerned that he'll never get a girlfriend because no-one will look past his face. His mother then goes out to hire a prostitute to make him feel better. It backfires since Rocky not only doesn't have sex with her, they just talk, but also took the gesture as a sign his mother thought no-one would want to be with him unless they were being paid.

* ''Film/TheSessions'' tells the real life story of Mark O'Brien (played by Creator/JohnHawkes), a poet paralyzed from the neck down due to polio, who hired a sex therapist (HelenHunt) to lose his virginity.

* Subverted and then toyed with in ''Film/TheCherokeeKid''. When offered the chance after saving a [[HookerWithAHeartOfGold rather hospitable]] prostitute's life, she offers herself to the titular main character... Only to be turned down for a share of the turkey which was also killed in the scuffle with the bad guy. Later on he can't aim a gun, ''definitely'' can't do quick-draw, he can't even ride a horse. This being a [[TheWestern cowboy flick]], mind. When it comes out he's never made love, one of the women in the troop of outlaws decides to "make a man" out of him; while she's not ACTUALLY a prostitute (at least not said to be one) she fulfills every other aspect of the trope, especially since afterwards he can shoot straight and [[{{Pun}} ride well]].

* This is occasionally the use for the Betan Licensed Practical Sexuality Therapists in the ''Literature/VorkosiganSaga'' - Kareen Koudelka had her first time with a hermaphrodite LPST. They're also a government regulated BandOfBrothels.
* Apparently, Beowulfans in the ''Literature/HonorHarrington'' series believe this for both genders, to the point where Allison Harrington wanted to get her daughter a night with a male courtesan for her Academy graduation. Mom did not know until much later that it was more than self-image issues that made Honor a CelibateHero for so long. She was pissed when she found out. It also didn't help that Honor was nearly raped by another cadet, who didn't anticipate Honor being a master of [[FantasticFightingStyle coup de vitesse]]. This incident not only affects Honor on a personal level, but also affects her career, since her would-be rapist and his father do their best to ruin her career before it even starts, despite the fact that she never reports the assault.

* In Tyrion Lannister's backstory in ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'', he loses his virginity to a crofter's daughter who he ends up marrying shortly after, only for his brother Jaime to reveal to him that she was a whore whom Jaime had paid to give him his first experience in an elaborately-crafted setup. [[spoiler:Eventually, it turns out that this isn't quite what happened.]] That last spoiler makes the example a subversion combined with in-universe FridgeHorror. It would serve as a MoralEventHorizon for Tywin on its own, if Tywin hadn't many times before then. Also turns out to be Tyrion's BerserkButton.

** ''[[Literature/TalesOfTheFiveHundredKingdoms The Fairy Godmother]]'': Prince Alexander says this is normal in his kingdom, and was done for him.
*** The lady in question takes the "education" part seriously, and gives him some ''very'' useful "training" for when it's his turn to initiate someone.

** In ''Literature/{{Pyramids}}'', the first quarter of which explains much about the workings of the Assassins' Guild School in Ankh-Morpork, there is a specific reference to the very thorough personal and social education of the older boys at the (then all-male) School. As sons of the best families in the land, the School sees to it that they can hold their own in all companies and answer all challenges. Reference is made to older boys coming back to the School very late, even the following morning, yawning, tired and unable to focus on the day's lessons - but in a way which is accepted and tolerated by the teachers and carrying none of the usual sanctions. It is hinted that this is connected with "seamstresses".

** Played straight a few books later. A traditional among the nobility and upper classes is to celebrate their sixteenth birthday and entering adult society by a visit to the Court of Night Blooming Flowers (an elite BandOfBrothels). Princess Sidonie even has Amarante, the daughter of a priestess of Namaah (aka basically-the-goddess-of-sex-among-other-things) as one of her ladies in waiting... and to teach her "the arts of the bedchamber."

* In the sixth book of the ''Literature/WildCards'' series, Dr. Tachyon says that his father hired a sex worker for his son when the latter was only fourteen, but it is not clear if that is the truth or just a claim to justify [[spoiler: Sarah Morgenstern posing as a prostitute in the same room with Tachyon's nephew]] in the eyes of [[spoiler: Carnifex]]; when Jay Ackroid asks for further details, the man is quite exasperated. However, in the same book Blaise says that on Takis males live in the female's quarters until they're fourteen, so it makes sense that once they are considered men enough they are also taught about the sexual intercourse.

* The ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' episode [[Recap/FireflyE07Jaynestown "Jaynestown"]] dances back and forth between playing this straight and subverting it. Inara, the show's HookerWithAHeartOfGold, is hired by a rich snob to "make his son a man". The son has much more confidence afterwards, but this may have had as much to do with Inara's pep-talks before and after as with the actual sex.

* The 70s series ''Series/{{James At 15}}'' has James postpone a date with his girlfriend on his 16th birthday (in which he was expecting to go all the way) because his rich uncle has promised to give him "what every 16 year boy wants." James is expecting a car. He is very disappointed when the present turns out to be a hooker.

* In the ''Series/NewGirl'' episode "Virgins", Nick reveals that his father once hired a pair of prostitutes to for him and Winston when they were teenagers. Winston went through with it (and refused to believe they were "professionals" when he heard the story again), but Nick backed out.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode "Fore Father", Chris takes up Quagmire as a father figure, and takes him to a strip club to help him become a man. Knowing Quagmire, this is nothing out of the blue.
* On ''WesternAnimation/TheClevelandShow'', Junior hears Cleveland making fun of him for [[CelibateHero making an abstinence pledge]] and, on Ernie's advice, goes to the local whorehouse. Cleveland and Lester show up to stop him from going through with it. (What happens with Ernie isn't clear, but by the end he and a prostitute [[MyOwnPrivateIDo elope together]].)
* ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'': Attempted by Cotton Hill, who in a flashback took a teenaged Hank and his friends to the then-seedy Hotel Arlen to buy them hookers. Hank of course runs out screaming. In the same episode, he attempted to do the same with Bobby, not realizing its not "that" kind of hotel anymore.

* An age-appropriate variation in ''MilkMoney'': three young boys pay a prostitute to let them see her topless.

* Subverted and then toyed with in ''The Cherokee Kid''. When offered the chance after saving a [[HookerWithAHeartOfGold rather hospitable]] prostitute's life, she offers herself to the titular main character... Only to be turned down for a share of the turkey which was also killed in the scuffle with the bad guy. Later on he can't aim a gun, ''definitely'' can't do quick-draw, he can't even ride a horse. This being a [[TheWestern cowboy flick]], mind. When it comes out he's never made love, one of the women in the troop of outlaws decides to "make a man" out of him; while she's not ACTUALLY a prostitute (at least not said to be one) she fulfills every other aspect of the trope, especially since afterwards he can shoot straight and [[{{Pun}} ride well]].

* In the sixth book of the ''Literature/WildCards''series, Dr. Tachyon says that his father hired a sex worker for his son when the latter was only fourteen, but it is not clear if that is the truth or just a claim to justify [[spoiler: Sarah Morgenstern posing as a prostitute in the same room with Tachyon's nephew]] in the eyes of [[spoiler: Carnifex]].

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* In 1652, Catherine-Henriette Bellier, baroness de Beauvais, was entrusted by the queen dowager with the task of sexually educating fourteen-year-old king of France UsefulNotes/LouisXIV by seducing him and depriving him of his virginity. Their relationship lasted for two years, after which the queen dowager awarded Bellier an estate and a pension.
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* In ''Literature/TheRedTent'', Prince Shalem mentions having been taken to the high priestess to lose his virginity upon reaching puberty. She kept the room dark, so he couldn't actually see her, the idea being that he was sleeping with whatever goddess she served or represented. He fondly remembered it as "like a dream within a dream," although he says it does not compare to his honeymoon with [[TheProtagonist Dinah.]]

** In ''Discworld/MonstrousRegiment'', Jackrum brings his extremely young-looking troops [[spoiler:(actually, female)]] to a brothel, and uses education as an excuse. (Really, they're just there to steal the women's clothing for disguises.)
** In ''Discworld/{{Pyramids}}'', the first quarter of which explains much about the workings of the Assassins' Guild School in Ankh-Morpork, there is a specific reference to the very thorough personal and social education of the older boys at the (then all-male) School. As sons of the best families in the land, the School sees to it that they can hold their own in all companies and answer all challenges. Reference is made to older boys coming back to the School very late, even the following morning, yawning, tired and unable to focus on the day's lessons - but in a way which is accepted and tolerated by the teachers and carrying none of the usual sanctions. It is hinted that this is connected with "seamstresses".