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[[folder: Anime & Manga]]

* Happens occasionally in {{hentai}} manga/doujin.

[[folder: Fan Works]]
* 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.

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* In ''Film/{{Mask}}'', 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.

-->'''Bill:''' Whoa, whoa, what's the problem?
-->'''Dean:''' Are you mad or something? You brought a broad back to have sex with me in me own mum's bed?!
-->'''Bill:''' ({{Beat}}) Well, they was all out of Franchise/ActionMan.

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[[folder: Live-Action TV]]
* 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.

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* ''Literature/EarthsChildren'' and its pre-historic cultures are all over this, and for both genders too! During Summer Meetings, women can volunteer to be "''donii''-women" and help out boys in need of a first time. It's a religious office ("Doni" is the Zelandonii word for "EarthMother"), and the fact that such women typically end the summer pregnant is considered [[MissConception a mark of Her favor]]. Plus, when it's a ''girl's'' turn, a man is chosen (sometimes from her clan, but preferably someone from a bit farther off) to give her a magical experience. This is also a religious task, and both parties are supposed to avoid emotional entanglements.

* 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 is still a virgin and that ''completely'' fucks up with his self-esteem.

* In an episode of ''Series/{{Hotel}}'', a father firmly believes that his son needs this trope to become a man. Privately, his son confesses to a hotel employee that he isn't a virgin but doesn't want to tell the girl's name to his father out of respect for her. His father himself frequents prostitutes and asks one to help him out in this respect. However, his son runs out on the "date". The hooker then suggests someone more his age and sets up a "blind date". However, instead of the girl, his son ends up picking up another woman, who looks like a professional. Except she turns out to be an undercover cop, who busts him for solicitation. Whoops. In the end, the father finally accepts that his son is a man.

* In ''Literature/CatcherInTheRye'' Holden arranges for a prostitute to come to his hotel room, and thinks that, since he never had sex before, it would be good to "have some experience." However, the prostitute, Sunny, is so businesslike about the whole thing that he decides not to go through with it.

* 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.

* A traditional among the nobility and upper classes in ''Literature/KushielsLegacy'' is to celebrate their sixteenth birthday and entering adult society by a visit to the Court of Night Blooming Flowers. (Prostitution is considered an honored and sacred profession to the d'Angeline people, [[FantasyContraception women cannot become pregnant unless they intend to be]], and bisexuality is the norm). 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').

* 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.

* Christian treats Matt to this in ''Series/NipTuck''. It doesn't work so well....

* 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.'

[[folder: Fan Fiction ]]

* 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.

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[[folder: Literature ]]

[[folder: Live-Action Television ]]

* Happened at least once in ''Series/KeyWest'', involving Jennifer Tilly's character and a teen so nervous that when asked if he brought protection he tells her he's already wearing it. ''He was fully clothed at the time.''

-->'''Anxiety:''' What if he sleeps with her?! ''[Series/ThePriceIsRight-like indicator pings]''
-->'''Angel:''' What if he's rolled in flour... ''[price goes up]'' whipped... ''[up again]'' and made to wear diapers! ''[astronomical amount]''
-->'''Animal:''' [[RuleThirtyFour That's beautiful...]]

[[folder: Manga and Anime ]]

* ''Manga/MyLesbianExperienceWithLoneliness'' is mostly about the author's mentality surrounding adulthood, sex, and sexual identity before and after her first visit to a brothel. Mentally ill and isolated, she barely knew about her ''own'' anatomy prior.
* Happens occasionally in {{hentai}} manga/doujin.

[[folder: Music ]]

* According to WordOfGod, "Queer" by Music/{{Garbage}} is about a female prostitute who's been hired by a young gay man's father to try to "turn" him straight. It doesn't work.

[[folder: Theater ]]

* This is a major plotline in the play and film ''Film/BiloxiBlues'', where the young army recruit protagonist receives "training" from a lady of the evening.
* The Hungarian version of ''Theatre/RomeoEtJulietteDeLaHaineALamour'' includes this in [[TroubledButCute Tybalt's]] backstory. It [[MadonnaWhoreComplex really did a number on him.]]

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* 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]].)

* The original European version of ''Film/{{Malena}}'' has the young lead character experience this.

** Tyrion sends Joffrey two prostitutes as a nameday present, in the hopes that getting laid might calm him down a bit. It backfires spectacularly because Joffrey is only interested in [[ColdBloodedTorture making them torture each other]].

* In ''Series/VeronicaMars'', a boy meets a cute girl at a convention and has his first sexual experience with her. Later, it turns out she was hired by his friends.

-->'''Anxiety:''' What if he sleeps with her?! ''[ThePriceIsRight-like indicator pings]''

* 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 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.]]

* In the novel ''Scarlett'', Rhett takes the young man who has been peeping into women's bedrooms to the local brothel, realizing that his behavior is not out of perversion, but simply a genuine curiosity about the female body.

AManIsNotAVirgin, yet there's always [[SexAsRiteOfPassage a first time for everything]]. Some parents or mentors want to ensure their children's education is comprehensive, and some things are best left to professionals, so an older adult procures the services of a prostitute to give the child a practical demonstration of sexual intercourse. Might be performed by a HookerWithAHeartOfGold.

* 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 [[AManIsNotAVirgin shoot straight]] and [[{{Pun}} ride well]].

* On ''Series/GameOfThrones,'' Tyrion sends Joffrey two prostitutes as a nameday present, in the hopes that getting laid might calm him down a bit. It backfires spectacularly because Joffrey is only interested in [[ColdBloodedTorture making them torture each other]].

** ''[[HeraldsOfValdemar Exile's Valor]]'': Alberich spies on a conversation at a high-class bordello that is the usual place for wealthy gentlemen to bring their sons for a "first time".

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[[AC:Literature]]
* In ''Literature/CatcherInTheRye'' Holden arranges for a prostitute to come to his hotel room, and thinks that, since he never had sex before, it would be good to "have some experience." However, the prostitute, Sunny, is so businesslike about the whole thing that he decides not to go through with it.

[[AC:Live-Action Television]]

* 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 is still a virgin and that ''completely'' fucks up with his self-esteem.

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[[AC:Music]]

[[AC:Theater]]

[[AC:Western Animation]]

* In Tyrion Lannister's backstory in ''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.]]

* MercedesLackey has used this at least twice:

* In ''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 Creator/AnneMcCaffrey's ''[[Literature/TowerAndTheHive Damia]]'', Afra loses his virginity to a prostitute. It's implied that "first timers" like Afra are common visitors to such "entertainment centers".