History Main / SituationalSexuality

* In ''ComicBook/YTheLastMan'', a lot of women are with other women as a substitute, but a lot simply go without, as many of them had before the "{{Gendercide}}". There are also some women who make a decent living as escorts who [[SweetPollyOliver dress up like and pretend to be men]] for their clients.

* ''ComicBook/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'':
** Buffy, who is surrounded by fellow slayers (all women) and [[TheOneGuy Xander]], hooks up with fellow Slayer Satsu. It is shown as a result of Buffy feeling emotionally isolated (not to mention sexually-deprived), so she latches on to Satsu (who is genuinely in love with Buffy). This is similar to her relationship with Spike, where she also chose an unusual partner ([[OurVampiresAreDifferent a soulless corpse]] in that case) who was genuinely in love with her, in order to satisfy her (purely physical) needs (though at least Satsu she liked and respected, while she frequently professed outright disgust and rage at Spike during season six).
** Hilariously, it was ''Satsu'' who broke off the relationship with Buffy... and then spent an entire issue {{wangst}}ing about Buffy rejecting her, despite this never having actually happened. Although each time they slept together, Buffy kept saying that it was a mistake that should never have happened and [[ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies it was dangerous for her to get romantically involved with anyone.]]
** Buffy also realized that she was starting to have feelings for Xander, who had been a HopelessSuitor to her in the past. Unfortunately, [[UnrequitedLoveSwitcheroo he was already dating]] her younger sister Dawn by that point.
* {{Invoked|Trope}} in an issue of ''ComicBook/AdventuresInTheRifleBrigade'', where the brigade is captured and held in a Nazi prison camp. The female commandant accuses Captain Darcy (who definitely isn't gay) and Lieutenant Milk (who almost certainly is) of being lovers since they both went to public school. Darcy dismissively and without a hint of shame replies "Everyone knows it doesn't count if it happens at school".
* ''ComicBook/AlanFord'': In issue #627, "Minuette on trial", Minuette's cellmate Ursula mentions that she isn't actually lesbian (like, apparently, the rest of the inmates) but that since she has needs and the only alternative is a "quickie" with the male director of the prison, she had to adapt. [[spoiler: Considering how enthralled she is by a naked Minuette to the point of kissing her on the lips, she may have lied on not being lesbian as she lied on her real identity as the dangerous banditess Dolores Sanchez.]]
* Discussed in ''ComicBook/TheDarkness''. The titular Darkness is passed on father to son, and the father dies at the moment of conception. The Darkness's newest host Frankie, formerly TheCasanova, is [[BigNo less than enthused]] to hear that he may never have sex again (condoms can fail, he can't get a vasectomy due to his HealingFactor, etc.). [[SycophanticServant Wenders]] points out that he doesn't have to give up sex ''entirely''; having sex with men would essentially be risk-free. Frankie refuses.

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->'''Oswald:''' Forget it. I don't wanna talk about this.\\
'''Lewis:''' No, no, I'm curious. Let's say you're in prison, and you're not getting out for a very long time. Plus, your parents? ''Very'' understanding. Who's your cellmate?\\
'''Oswald:''' ...Creator/LiamNeeson.\\
'''Drew:''' ''[wrapping an arm around Oswald's shoulders]'' Aye, laddie!
-->-- ''Series/TheDrewCareyShow'', first episode

* Film/Life1999'': There is evidence that both Jangle Leg and Biscuit are only together due to long prison terms and this trope. Jangle Leg is shown to be attracted to women (when they're around) and Biscuit can't bear to go home to his mom "like this", implying that he wasn't always gay (and flamboyant).

* After the protagonist of ''Literature/ThreeHundredRains'' is subjected to an involuntary GenderBender, her wife is planning to leave her until reminded she gets by her mother that she used to date women in college when there were no available men. And suddenly the couple is in a happy lesbian relationship.

* Online gaming {{troll}} [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8Fxi31v3XKv1S7mbNFg2OQ Jerome Thug Love Jones]] ''insists'' he isn't gay based on "prison rules", but his behaviour tends to make his victims skeptical at best.

* [[OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame Dwarfs]] embody this through most of the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' series. Both male and female dwarfs wear the same clothes, have beards and so forth. Therefore, courtship for dwarfs is described as delicately finding out the sex of a fellow dwarf. This starts to change through one female dwarf taking on TertiarySexualCharacteristics and identifying as female, causing a large uproar in the dwarfen community. While it does catch on, ''Literature/UnseenAcademicals'' shows us that there's also nothing stopping biologically male dwarfes from doing the same thing.

** The prison variant is discussed during one of Tony's therapy sessions with Dr. Melfi. Turns out you get a pass on that in the Sicilian mafia, but actively seeking out men outside of prison is crossing a line for them.

* T-Bag on ''Series/PrisonBreak'' was very interested in his fellow male prisoners while behind bars, but as soon as he got out he seemed far more interested in women. The actor has described him as being an AnythingThatMoves kinda guy.