Line #14 PlayingWith/DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale


1	'''Basic Trope''': A male character is raped by a female character, but is ignored or not taken seriously [[DoubleStandard while male-on-female rape is viewed as “unacceptable” in the same work.]]
2	* '''Straight''': Betty rapes Alex and it gets PlayedForLaughs and/or {{Fanservice}}.
3	* '''Exaggerated''':
4	** Betty keeps Alex locked up in a basement, raping him daily in the most horrific manners possible, with little food or water. When Alex manages to free himself from his bounds, he tries contacting his friend, who is ecstatic to hear that Alex is finally getting laid.
5	** Betty is a thirty-two year old babysitter who (often violently) rapes Alex from the time he is eight to the time he is twelve. Alex tries to tell his parents, but they blame him for having sex too early. Betty gets away scot-free, and Alex's parents refuse to press charges.
6	** Betty rapes Alex, and [[UsefulNotes/VictimBlaming Alex is arrested]]: [[InsaneTrollLogic rape, after all, is nonconsensual sexual contact, and only men can rape, so that's obviously what happened.]]
7	* '''Downplayed''':
8	** Betty sexually harasses Alex and gets away with it.
9	** StalkingIsFunnyIfItIsFemaleAfterMale
10	** Betty's rape of Alex is a source of BlackComedy.
11	** Betty comes onto Alex a little bit strongly, only to stop when he demands her to.
12	** QuestionableConsent.
13	** [[PowerPerversionPotential Betty is sexually harassing her subordinate, but Alex reports her to HR.]]
14	** Betty tries to rape Alex and it's PlayedForLaughs, but [[PervertRevengeMode this does not end well for her.]]
15	** Betty rapes Alex and it's portrayed as a bad thing, but because she is a {{Gonk}}-y PredatoryProstitute AbhorrentAdmirer, and she is received slightly lighter punishments than average male rapists, however, when the MsFanservice BitchInSheepsClothing Danielle rapes Alex, it still gets PlayedForLaughs and/or {{Fanservice}}.
16	** Betty's rape of Alex is treated as intense and disturbing, yet the [[MaleGaze camera ogles her the whole time]].
17	** Betty rapes Alex and it's portrayed as a serious crime, but Alex is [[BlamingTheVictim heinously shamed by the society for letting himself being raped]].
18	** Betty receives short-sentence from raping Alex, who is [[BlamingTheVictim blamed for letting himself being raped]], but yet the society still labels Betty as DefiledForever.
19	** While men who were raped by women aren't taken that seriously, women who were raped by men still receive UsefulNotes/VictimBlaming reactions normally despite receive justices.
20	* '''Justified''':
21	** Alex was a SerialRapist, so the characters see his rape as LaserGuidedKarma.
22	** It's a common (false) assumption in the setting that AManIsAlwaysEager (thus wouldn't ''not'' consent to sex), WomenAreDelicate + AllWomenArePrudes (and thus couldn't or wouldn't overpower a man), "rape" is legally defined as penetration without consent (which women can't do) etc.
23	** People don't seriously deal with men's issues due to MenAreTheExpendableGender, bonus points if AllWomenAreLustful in the setting.
24	** [[RapeByProxy Neither Betty or Alex had a choice in the matter.]]
25	** [[MateOrDie Betty and Alex are forced to have sex, or they would die.]]
26	** Betty cannot understand what she did was wrong, [[NaughtyTentacles because she is a tentacled beast with no way of understanding or processing consent.]]
27	** Betty was [[FreudianExcuse sexually assaulted as a kid]] and thinks it is a normal way of showing affection.
28	** Alex had raped Betty in the past, [[RapeAndRevenge so she decides to give him the same pain she felt.]]
29	** Alex was an asshole to Betty, so [[KarmicRape she raped]] [[AssholeVictim him]].
30	** There's no way that Alex wants to have sex with Betty because [[IncompatibleOrientation he is actually gay, asexual]], or [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs homoromantic asexual]], so Betty [[CureYourGays tries to "fix" him]] and {{Heteronormative\|Crusader}} society thinks he deserves it.
31	** [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain Alex is an extreme misogynist]], and being raped by Betty is supposed to be LaserGuidedKarma for hating women.
32	* '''Inverted''':
33	** Alex rapes Betty and gets away with it, and is ignored, or not taken seriously. Meanwhile, if Betty rapes Alex, it's portrayed as a bad thing due to the belief that [[MyGirlIsNotASlut women shouldn't actively]] [[MadonnaWhoreComplex be interested in sex.]]
34	** [[DoubleStandardRapeMaleOnMale Alex rapes Carlos, and everyone finds it romantic.]]
35	** [[DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnFemale Betty rapes Alice, and everyone finds it hot.]]
36	* '''Subverted''':
37	** Betty rapes Alex and gets away with it, [[KarmaHoudini but it's portrayed as a bad thing.]]
38	** Betty rapes Alex, and is reamed for it, and thrown into prison.
39	** Betty was about to rape Alex, [[NearRapeExperience but decided against it.]]
40	** Alternatively: [[EyeForAnEye Alex decides to]] [[KarmicRape rape Betty in]] {{re\|venge}}turn. [[RapeAndRevenge He also gets away with it]].
41	** Alex reports he is raped by Betty, and he is arrested, because [[FalseRapeAccusation Betty doesn't actually rape him]].
42	** Betty rapes Alex and gets away with it, not because she is a woman, but because she is [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney rich]] and [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections powerful]] enough to manage herself get away from any crimes, just like her relatives of both genders.
43	* '''Double Subverted''':
44	** ...[[UnintentionallyUnsympathetic which wasn't what the author wanted to convey.]]
45	** ...but the sentence is short and/or Betty bribes the polices to give a lighter punishment, and nobody remembers the incident afterwards.
46	** Betty waits for another time Alex is vulnerable.
47	** Alex may have gotten away with his {{revenge}} but [[WhatTheHellHero this is portrayed as a bad thing]] by the narrative via a RevengeIsNotJustice [[BrokenAesop aesop]] [[DoubleStandard while ignoring the fact that Betty also committed]] [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil the heinous act of rape]].
48	** ...but the actual victim is Carlos, and nobody care about this incident furthermore.
49	** Then Danielle, who is much poorer than Betty, rapes Alex and also gets away with it.
50	* '''Parodied''': Betty rapes Alex, and is arrested. However, Betty is a StrawFeminist who manages to get ''Alex'' convicted for raping ''her'' because [[InsaneTrollLogic she tied him up and raped him without saying a word, meaning Alex did not get her verbal consent]], so therefore any jury that would convict her is full of loathsome misogynists supporting rape culture. She also gets the officer that arrested her fired, even though the officer is a woman ("Internalized misogyny!").
51	* '''Zig-Zagged''': Betty rapes Alex. The police come by and arrest Betty...for throwing the used condom on the ground instead of throwing it in the trash. Then, the police discover that she raped Alex, and that turns her littering offense into a much more serious one. While carting Betty away, the officers laugh at Alex for letting himself get raped.
52	* '''Averted''':
53	** Betty rapes Alex, is brought to court, found guilty, and gets a punishment just as bad as if the genders were reversed.
54	** Nobody gets raped, or even NoHuggingNoKissing.
55	** The CrapsackWorld allows everyone to get away with rape, regardless of both their and their victims’ gender.
56	* '''Enforced''':
57	** "Betty '''didn't''' rape Alex. Women just '''can't''' rape men, do you hear me? They just '''''can't'''''! It doesn't happen, never did, never will!!"
58	** The writer thinks AllMenArePerverts, or is somewhat sexist her/[[BoomerangBigot himself.]]
59	* '''Lampshaded''':
60	** "Why would I tell the police? At best, they won't believe me and at worst they'll laugh at me."
61	** "Well, [[AllWomenAreLustful she is a woman,]] [[ImAManICantHelpIt she can't help it!]]"
62	* '''Invoked''': AManIsAlwaysEager.
63	* '''Exploited''':
64	--> '''Betty''': "If a man refuses to take me, all I have to do is rape him. No court would convict me, since no one would believe any normal straight man could say no to a babe like me!!"
65	** The SourPrude DoggedNiceGirl persuades and educates Alex why SexIsEvil, [[MadonnaWhoreComplex especially for women]].
66	* '''Defied''':
67	** "Rape is rape, regardless of gender," said Carlos who saw the scene and reported it to the police.
68	** Or rather the society Alex lives in treats [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil rape as a large penalty crime]] no matter who commited it. His friend [[OnlySaneMan Car]][[GenreSavvy los]] recognizes his friend got raped by Betty, so he reports it to the police, after the court found her guilty, society severely SlutShaming Betty due to the crime that she committed and now she is living a [[LaserGuidedKarma life sentence in the maximum security]] [[FridgeLogic of mixed-gendered prison.]]
69	* '''Discussed''':
70	** "Why are you making such a big deal out of this, Alex? Betty is SMOKING HOT!"
71	** "Quit making up nonsense, Alex. I mean, [[AllWomenArePrudes a woman who actually wants to have sex]]? That's ridiculous!"
72	* '''Conversed''': "Betty HURT Alex. They're letting her walk free, [[NotIfTheyEnjoyedItRationalization just because he got an erection during the rape?]]"
73	* '''Deconstructed''':
74	** Betty rapes Alex and gets away with it. This drives Alex into a deep depression, eventually ending with him [[DrivenToSuicide committing suicide from the sheer impact of the trauma]], and how not a single person took a glance at the situation.
75	** Conversely, [[AxCrazy Alex goes insane because of the rape, prompting him to break into Betty's home and murder her]]. When the cops come to arrest him, [[GenreSavvy Alex correctly fears they will not listen to why he felt there was no other way or end the abuse]]. [[SuicidebyCop After the negotiator tells him that Betty didn't do anything wrong, Alex snaps and initiates a shootout]]. He and several police officers are killed.
76	** [[GenreSavvy Carlos recognizes that]] [[BreakTheCutie Alex has been raped]], instead of reporting Betty to the cops, he gives her a [[BrutalHonesty long brutal]] [[BreakThemByTalking ego-breaking]] [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech speech about how she is a horrible person]] [[KarmaHoudiniWarranty and that she doesn't deserve the crime she's gotten away with.]] Betty being the [[LackOfEmpathy shameless bitch she is]], [[OminousAdversarialAmusement laughs in Carlos' face]] and [[ShutUpKirk casually kills him]], but not before [[SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids verbally demonstrating to him just how delusional moralists like him are]] [[ViolenceIsTheOnlyOption in the face of violence]], [[SocialDarwinist which is why]] [[DoomedMoralVictor they always lose]].
77	* '''Reconstructed''':
78	** Alex eventually manages to frame Betty by getting track of other men she date-raped and by getting a sympathetic officer to tail Betty and have them witness what she does to get men to sleep with her.
79	** Since Alex knows that nobody will listen to him, he decides to [[ViolenceIsTheOnlyOption take matters into his own hands]] and devises a plan to eliminate Betty physically by [[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident having her have an accident]]. His plan succeeds and Alex is now free to move on to a whole new life.
80	** Betty ends up being reported for her murder of Carlos and gets arrested for ''that'' crime instead. She may be able to get away with rape, but murder is a different story.
81	** In her obsession with raping the men who refuse her, the LaserGuidedKarma causes Betty to be pregnant without knowing the child's father and/or becomes HIV positive from it. But getting rid of the child either through abortion or adoption will get her noticed one way or another, so what can she do now? And what will happen to a child born under such circumstances?
82	** Alex starts forming a MadonnaWhoreComplex, seeking TheIngenue at best, or the SourPrude at worst, and uses [[FreudianExcuse his past experience with Betty]] to [[MyGirlIsNotASlut discredit other]] [[NotLikeOtherGirls lusty women]] in general.
83	* '''Played For Laughs''': BlackComedyRape
84	* '''Played for Drama''':
85	** Because nobody thinks what happened to Alex was rape, he is unable to deal with the mental problems he has. He develops a serious drug problem, almost dying from overdose on multiple occasions. He refuses to get help because all his former friends told him that he shouldn't be complaining. He eventually distrusts everyone, becoming a recluse. After attempts to press charges fail, Alex acts out against society by committing crimes. He eventually dies bitter and alone.
86	** After being raped by Betty, Alex hates all women. This results in him subconsciously seeking out revenge, murdering or raping any women he sees who has the same hair color as Betty. When the cops try to arrest him, he decides to first get one last murder. He goes to Betty's house, shoots her to death, and turns the gun on himself.
87	** Alex is now disgusted by women because of this trope, which is the reason why he could never get justice on the woman who drugged him into submission and raped him.
88	** Alex's wife Camille catches Betty raping him and assumes [[MistakenForCheating he's cheating on her.]] No matter how many people tell Camille it was against Alex's will, she doesn't believe them. Alex eventually goes insane over being raped and losing his wife over something that wasn't his fault.
89	** RapeAsDrama
90	* '''Implied''': QuestionableConsent
91	* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': This is a {{Yaoi}} work feature [[IncompatibleOrientation Alex]], a HeroWithBadPublicity who lives in a LadyLand {{Dystopia}} where men are expected to be {{Sex Slave}}s of the female tyranny.
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