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* In ''Film/AHistoryOfViolence'' (2005), when Edie learns of her husband Tom's [[spoiler: crime-filled past and double life]], Tom chases after her to stop her from leaving and she slaps him. During their fight, Tom grabs Edie by the neck and attempts to force himself on her. Only when he realizes what he is doing and stops, Edie pulls him back in herself and they have passionate violent sex on the staircase.
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* ''Literature/WhereAreTheChildren'': Rob admitted to kissing Nancy while they were alone together at her house (besides the children, who were in another room) and testified he "could tell" she wanted it, but that she quickly broke it off. Nancy testified that she believed Rob was about to kiss her and initially "let it happen", while her lawyer argued that Rob [[ForcefulKiss forced the kiss]] on her. Considering how vulnerable Nancy was and the way the kiss was described by both parties, it doesn't sound like Nancy was really all that enthusiastic about Rob kissing her. The fact that [[spoiler:Nancy had already been sexually exploited and abused by her husband since she was 18]] also throws her consent into doubt; [[spoiler:she hadn't had a healthy relationship in seven years and was used to doing whatever a man wanted when it came to intimacy, regardless of her wishes]].
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* In the crime film ''Payback'' (1995), ex-convict Oscar lusts after his former prison guard's wife Rose and he attempts to force himself on her. Rose manages to fight him off but then she smiles and pulls him back in and they end up having sex in the kitchen where her husband almost catches them in the act. Despite his near-rape attempt, Rose actually embarks on a passionate affair with Oscar because he paid attention to her when her husband wouldn't.

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* In ''Literature/{{Animorphs}},'' it's eventually revealed that [[spoiler:Visser One]] and another human-Controller had twins through a pair of human hosts. The hosts, Allison Kim and Hildy Gervais, were apparently also in love with each other, and all four consider themselves the kids' parents in some sense. Since this is [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids supposedly]] a kid's book, we don't get much information on the actual conception, or even what kind of relationship Allison and Hildy had before they became Controllers.
* In ''Literature/ABrothersPrice'' (which is in many ways a RomanceNovel with [[StereotypeFlip gender roles reversed]]) not-yet-16-year-old Jerin Whistler is seduced by Princess Ren, who [[EatingTheEyeCandy feels him up]] despite his inarticulate protests and stated a desire to [[VirginTension remain pure]]. She takes his arousal as more important than what he's saying; he even wonders how much force he can use to get away from a princess without getting in trouble, but soon rationalizes that this might be his only chance to be intimate with someone who's not a Brindle and participates happily. He says no and she backs off while he's still a TechnicalVirgin. When his sister learns about this she is initially '''furious''' with Ren for raping her brother but cools a little as he tries to explain.

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* In ''Literature/{{Animorphs}},'' it's eventually revealed that Edriss aka [[spoiler:Visser One]] and another human-Controller human-[[PuppeteerParasite Controller]] had twins through a pair of human hosts. The hosts, Allison Kim and Hildy Gervais, were apparently also in love with each other, and all four consider themselves the kids' parents in some sense. Since this is [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids supposedly]] a kid's book, we don't get much information on the actual conception, or even what kind of relationship Allison and Hildy had before they became Controllers.
Controllers. We only get any of this [[UnreliableNarrator from Edriss]], who has little to nothing in the way of moral compunction.
** Speaking of Yeerks, some of their hosts are regarded as "voluntary", a contrast to the involuntary hosts who were taken and infested against their will. Voluntary hosts enjoy some minor privileges, like being able to hang out in a lounge instead of being caged when their Yeerks feed, but they don't have a chance to say no or escape, either, so just how complicit they actually are is suspect. In ''Visser'' Edriss creates a cult which becomes The Sharing and recruits the first voluntary human host by preying on his fears of insignificance and loneliness until he buys in, then showing him a Yeerk and explaining what infestation means. He accepted the Yeerk. ''Back to Before'' shows a faster, harsher way - the Sharing took in a lonely isolated kid, protected him and showered him with the love and acceptance he longed for, then threatened to withdraw it if he didn't agree to become a full member, which included dipping his ear into a bowl of sludge without telling him what would happen. These are both technically some form of consent but even Edriss's example didn't include full information or the ability to say no.
* In ''Literature/ABrothersPrice'' (which is in many ways a RomanceNovel with [[StereotypeFlip gender roles reversed]]) not-yet-16-year-old Jerin Whistler is seduced by Princess Ren, who [[EatingTheEyeCandy feels him up]] despite his inarticulate protests and stated a desire to [[VirginTension remain pure]]. She takes his arousal as more important than what he's saying; he even wonders how much force he can use to get away from a princess without getting in trouble, but soon rationalizes that this might be his only chance to be intimate with someone who's not a Brindle and participates happily. He Eventually he says no and she backs off while he's still a TechnicalVirgin. When his sister learns about this she is initially '''furious''' with Ren for raping her brother but cools a little as he tries to explain.

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