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Author: girlyboy

Jan 23rd 2010 at 1:23:20 PM

Guidelines say it ain't rude if the person who proposed it hasn't posted in a while, I guess...

BTW, the historical inversion of this trope that Kilyle refers to above is ''AllWomenAreLustful''. As that trope's page notes, it is a mostly forgotten trope nowadays. That page also notes that "today, the usual representation of women as Closer To Earth flat-out negates most attempts since sex drives, let alone sexual depravity, are considered incompatible with high moral standards." So perhaps ''this'' proposed trope can be a sub-trope of CloserToEarth?

It definitely should be a trope though, as it is very common, and even if it is a part of the whole "Closer-To-Earthiness," it's still a distinct and important element in its own right, in a lot of fiction. AllWomenAreLustful should be mentioned in the trope description, though.

'''As an example,''' ''TwoAndAHalfMen'' occasionally has this, though it occasionally averts it; Charlie, the main character, is a poster boy for AllMenArePerverts, and generally the women he beds are shown to have high sex drives as well. However, it's interesting to note that ''once he gets a steady girlfriend'', this trope suddenly appears: She will punish him by withholding sex, showing that she has no problem with abstinence, but he can't handle it. One episode particularly lampshades this; the couple argues; the girlfriend wants to make up and have sex, but Charlie says he's not in the mood; she accepts this, but warns him not to "rub up against her" during the night. (Cut to later: The girlfriend seems sound asleep, Charlie wakes up and looks at her; she suddenly says, "don't even think about it.") At the end of the episode, the situation is reversed; Charlie wants sex, his girlfriend says she's not in the mood, and Charlie says, "Okay, but don't rub up against me in the middle of the night." Cut to ''20 minutes later'': "... Okay, I was bluffing. Feel free to rub up." "Oh, rub yourself."
{{Beat}}.
"... Could you watch?"

Anywho, I also vote for AllWomenArePrudes as the title.