So, do examples that apply to awkwardness around a specific woman (whom the character is attracted to) count as this, or just as Gibberish of Love? Based on the trope title, it seems like this one should be restricted to cases that apply to women in general (or women who have trouble speaking to all men).
AgProv
Surely Peter Parker, as Spiderman's human ID, will realise he is part-spider, and his human intelligence will have told him it's in his best interests to remain a sexually inexperienced virgin?
As male spiders only get one shot at it - the female will then bite his head off and eat it, treating the male who has just impregnated her as a handy source of pregnancy calories to feed the family... Parker's spider side will of course not know this, but his human intellect will...
Male, early sixties, Cranky old fart, at least two decades behind. So you have been warned. Functionally illiterate in several languages. Hide / Show Replies
Is there no Distaff Counterpart to this trope?