History Main / DefiledForever

** Guts is a RareMaleExample. As a boy, Guts is [[spoiler: raped by a fellow mercenary when his adoptive father sells him for three silver coins for one night.]] This experience pretty much ruins Guts' life and [[HatesBeingTouched turns him into the man he is in the present]]. Then, he meets [[LoveInterest Casca]], and eventually, [[RelationshipUpgrade they consummate their relationship.]] But then Guts has an emotional breakdown right in the middle of the act and tries to leave because he thinks he's ruined and that [[WhatHaveIDone he's driven Casca away]]. [[SubvertedTrope But Casca doesn't]] think this at all.
** And then it gets worse: [[spoiler: Their gang leader Griffith goes insane and rapes Casca.]] She never gets over it, partly because by this point he's supernaturally crazy and anointed by GOD [[spoiler:(said god is actually a manifestation of people's self-denial/ignorance of their evil)]]. Not only does she revert to a childlike personality, but when she gets pregnant the baby is corrupted by the supernatural and turned into a tragic monster. That gets sacrificed for the rapist's sake. Yeah, this is one hell of a crapsack setting.

* ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'''s Universe Survival Arc plays with this trope. The Muten Roshi has suppressed his sexual desires in his training for the tournament of power. When a female warrior employs her sexual wiles to gain the upper hand against the Muten Roshi she gets a more extreme response then she anticipated. [[spoiler:She brings her entire universe closer to erasure by jumping off the fighting stage while screaming "He will make me undesirable as a wife!"]]

** Hinagiku thinks she has been defiled and bemoans that she can't be someone's bride anymore when Ayumu drys her off after she faints in the hot springs. Ayumu says she'll still take her, and when reminded of her crush on Hayate, she suggests {{Polyamory}}.

** Ends up defied when Marron [[spoiler: loses her virginity to [[OfficialCouple Chiaki]] the night before the final showdown]], revealing that her presence or lack of virginity has nothing to do with 'purity' in that sense. That she can still turn into Kaitou Jeanne as long as she remains true to herself.

* Invoked and discussed in ''Manga/WolfGuyWolfenCrest'', while [[spoiler: Akiko Aoshika, the lead female, is gang-raped. The guy who staged her gang-rape, Haguro Dou, filmed said incident and is about to [[MoralEventHorizon release it on the Internet for everyone to see to have her life ruined even further]]. And for worse, Aoshika ''already'' considered herself defiled beforehand, having been sexually abused in her younger years.]]. [[spoiler: Ultimately defied: when she explains her backstory to lead male Akira Inugami (who was [[HeroicBSOD driven to tears]] when he was ForcedToWatch the gang rape through a video), he tells her that no, not only she's not defiled, but '''he''' is the one who doesn't deserve her at all. This is reaffirmed via his AnguishedDeclarationOfLove a few episodes later.]]

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* Zigzagged in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11927332/1/A-Caged-Bird A Caged Bird]]''. Laurel spent three months as a SexSlave to Count Vertigo. Her friends and family treat her nothing but the utmost respect and compassion, and Oliver repeatedly stresses the fact she's the strongest person he knows. Laurel herself is deeply traumatized and doesn't think she'll ever recover, sees herself as weak, and at one point bitterly muses that her rape will be the first thing strangers will think of when they met her.

** In Ran's case, it is a rather strange and complex variant, in that she is no longer a virgin (he knows about her previous sexual encounter), she was looking to get married to someone who isn't put off by her and, as far as she knows, any other kitsune that tries to have his way with her by force will ruin her, which in simple terms: almost and just about being forced when she was engaged ruined her. However, according to Amoridere, there is a far deeper reason and that is because, in addition to someone forcibly having their way with, especially when she is engaged, she feels she has been unfaithful, blaming herself for something that isn't her fault.

* ''Fanfic/ScarTissue'': Asuka felt filthy and defiled after the events of the series (which included an EldritchAbomination [[MindRape mind-raping her]], Shinji masturbating over her naked comatose body, more Eldritch Abominations tearing her apart and eating her alive and [[AssimilationPlot her mind being completely exposed to literally everyone]]. She was so furious, unstable, and paranoid that she lashed out at Shinji, often not even being aware of what she was doing. And Shinji was so broken and felt so guilty for never helping her when she needed him, defiling her and letting her die that he really believed he deserved it. A few months after Third Impact, she [[spoiler: barged into his room when they were alone at home and said "pants off, bastard"]]. Shinji was crying through the whole thing but didn't resist and didn't tell anyone that happened, even if it happened repeatedly. On the other hand, Asuka also felt sick every time for what she was doing to him, but she could not stop herself. Fortunately [[HeelRealization she got a wake-up call]] [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone after going too far]], [[TheAtoner she resolved to change]] and they started to get better.

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* The Swedish movie ''Film/LilyaFourEver'' takes a very grim view on present-day trafficking. It is loosely based on a real case where an underage girl from one of the ex-Soviet countries [[DrivenToSuicide killed herself]] in Sweden after having been lured there by a guy who turned out to be a pimp. In the movie, he rapes her repeatedly and then tries to convince her that she's now a prostitute no matter what.

* It's subtly implied throughout ''Film/RosemarysBaby'' that Guy is no longer sexually attracted to Rosemary at all after she was raped by Satan, which is pretty rich considering he's the one who offered her up for it without her knowledge.

* The movie version of ''Theatre/TitusAndronicus'' portrays the rape victim this way, as a way of justifying why the [[WhatTheHellHero protagonist]] chose to [[HonorRelatedAbuse murder her]]. Also crosses over with MercyKill, since in the original play the implication that Lavinia is Defiled Forever is certainly present, but the fact that she's [[spoiler: had her tongue cut out and her hands cut off]] also appears to be a factor in [[spoiler: her father's]] decision to kill her. Some productions make this [[ValuesDissonance marginally more acceptable to the modern viewer]] by having [[spoiler: Lavinia]], after naming her rapists, make it clear (non-verbally, obviously) that she wants to die, and by having her mention before it happens that she would rather die than undergo it.
* In ''Film/TwoWomen'', a hysterical Creator/SophiaLoren says this about her own daughter, after the daughter is gang-raped by French Moroccan troops.

* In ''Film/TheWarpedOnes'', after Akira rapes her, Fumiko describes herself as "stained, defiled, good for nothing". She asks for Akira and his prostitute partner Yuki to defile Kashiwaga as well, so they will be equal again. Amazingly this works, as the distance between Kashiwaga and Fumiko disappears after Kashiwaga has sex with Yuki on Fumiko's dime--but that doesn't really help them in the end.

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* Played with in ''And I Darken''. Lada refuses to sleep with Mehmed because she believes this, but everyone else averts it. While premarital sex does do this in Ottoman society, Lada's still covered, since technically she is a part of Mehmed's RoyalHarem and therefore fair game under Islamic law.

* In ''Literature/TheArtsOfDarkAndLight'', female elves who are mistreated this way not only suffer all the ordinary trauma, but also [[VirginPower lose their ability to work magic]]. Because of this, the elves consider rape a particularly heinous crime, even as compared to how other peoples feel about it.

** [[spoiler:Fran]] doesn't want his past as a SexSlave in all but name to be known, especially by people he looks up to.
** A recurring worry for Rozemyne is making sure her young, female, cook Ella doesn't end up in situations where she might be forced into sex by a noble. In a an instance where such plans must be made not that long before Ella is set to get married, Ferdinand mentions "the possibility that she may be put in a state where she cannot get married".

* Invoked and then subverted in Juanita Coulson's ''The Death God's Citadel''. [[spoiler:[[UpperClassTwit Aubage]], who was marrying [[PrincessClassic Ilissa]] for position, [[MoralEventHorizon considers her defiled and unworthy]] after [[VirginTension finding out she was raped]] by [[BigBad Vraduir]]. By contrast, [[CursedWithAwesome Erezjan]] cares only about how it traumatized Ilissa (with whom he's genuinely in love).]]

* The book ''Literature/IChooseLife'' is an AuthorTract against this trope. The main character (who is also the writer) was kidnapped as a child -- molested, tortured, and almost murdered. Afterward, one of her main problems was with people trying to make this trauma her permanent identity instead of acknowledging that it was one horrible incident that happened to her, and is now over.

* In the ''Literature/JohnCarterOfMars'' series'', this trope is subverted: females are lauded for killing themselves rather than endure such a shame. On the other hand, those that who are unable or willingly to do so suffer no diminished reputation. Princess Thuvia of Ptarth was a [[SexSlave slave concubine]] to White Martian slavers for 15 years, yet she still has suitors such as Carthoris and [[VillainousCrush Prince Astok]], who pay no mind to it.

* Episode 8 of ''LightNovel/NyarukoCrawlingWithLove'' has [[spoiler: the LovableSexManiac Nyarko]] overreact with "I'll never get married!" when she thinks a boy has seen her underwear. The parody comes from the contrast with the normal course of events, and that her dress is too long and flowing for any such incidents.

* PlayedForLaughs in ''LightNovel/AndYouThoughtThereIsNeverAGirlOnline''. Hideki feels this way during the BeachEpisode when the girls rub him all over with suntan lotion.

* PlayedForLaughs in ''LightNovel/HighSchoolDXD'', where Rossweisse declares she can't ever get married after Issei uses [[ClothingDamage Dress Break]] on her. It's immediately forgotten about; the joke is that it took her a solid minute to react to suddenly being seen naked - she was more concerned with her clothing being expensive to replace.

* PlayedForLaughs in ''Literature/MonsterGirlDoctor'', as some girls suggest this is the case after some of Dr. Glenn's more intimate examinations. Sometimes not even then - [[ProudWarriorRaceGirl Tisalia Scythia]], a haughty centaur princess, says this verbatim while getting a hoof trim and new shoes (if you know horses, it would be like a human girl [[AfraidOfNeedles screaming bloody murder while getting a pedicure]]).

** Guts is a RareMaleExample. As a boy, Guts is [[spoiler: raped by a fellow mercenary when his adoptive father sells him for three silver coins for one night.]] This experience pretty much ruins Guts' life and [[HatesBeingTouched turns him into the man he is in the present]]. Then, he meets [[LoveInterest Casca]], and eventually, [[TheyDo they consummate their relationship.]] But then Guts has an emotional breakdown right in the middle of the act and tries to leave because he thinks he's ruined and that [[WhatHaveIDone he's driven Casca away]]. [[SubvertedTrope But Casca doesn't]] think this at all.

* PlayedForLaughs in ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean'' when Jolyne shouts that she'll never be able to get married while throwing a fit over her embarrassment from a male prison guard catching her in the middle of ADateWithRosiePalms.

* ''Fanfic/ScarTissue'': Asuka felt filthy and defiled after the events of the series (which included an EldritchAbomination [[MindRape mind-raping her]], [[ADateWithRosiePalms Shinji masturbating over her naked comatose body]], more Eldritch Abominations tearing her apart and eating her alive and [[AssimilationPlot her mind being completely exposed to literally everyone]]. She was so furious, unstable, and paranoid that she lashed out at Shinji, often not even being aware of what she was doing. And Shinji was so broken and felt so guilty for never helping her when she needed him, defiling her and letting her die that he really believed he deserved it. A few months after Third Impact, she [[spoiler: barged into his room when they were alone at home and said "pants off, bastard"]]. Shinji was crying through the whole thing but didn't resist and didn't tell anyone that happened, even if it happened repeatedly. On the other hand, Asuka also felt sick every time for what she was doing to him, but she could not stop herself. Fortunately [[HeelRealization she got a wake-up call]] [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone after going too far]], [[TheAtoner she resolved to change]] and they started to get better.

* PlayedForLaughs in ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'' when PrincessClassic Sonia admits to having done "[[ADateWithRosiePalms disgraceful things]]" in front of the cameras and laments that she'll never become Queen in response to [[spoiler: [[BrainUploading Alter Ego Junko]] revealing that she was broadcasting the [[DeadlyGame second Mutual Killing Game]] to the [[LaResistance Future Foundation]]]].

* ''Literature/TessOfTheDUrbervilles'', good high heaven yes. Tess was raped by her employer while sleeping, and it's implied that she was raped again in the month in his service that followed before she slipped away in the dead of night. Because of this, her family and even her previously adoring and doting husband -- [[IronicName Angel]] -- consider her a ruined woman. Angel's reaction upon learning her dark and troubled past is especially egregious -- he rejects her utterly, considering her an impostor and a monster that destroyed the Tess he was in love with (shockingly, he addresses she is not to blame for the rape). This comes on the back of his admission that he'd had a fling with either a prostitute or a desperate ChristmasCake, and his being forgiven by her for it. To cut a rather depressing 'It Got Worse' story short, this sort of behavior continues until the only way she can support her family is to [[spoiler: become the mistress of the man who raped her in the first place. When she asks the atheistic Angel if they will be together in heaven, he can't even bring himself to say yes.]]

* PlayedForDrama in ''LightNovel/IsItWrongToTryToPickUpGirlsInADungeon'' with Sanjouno Haruhime. The poor girl was disowned by her family and ended up sold as a sexual slave, and for years she hoped someone would come and save her. When she meets Bell, at first she refuses his offer to rescue her because, from her perspective, not being "pure" anymore makes her unworthy of being saved by a hero. [[spoiler:It takes a hilarious turn when we learn that ''she's still a virgin'', [[ParalyzingFearOfSexuality due to always fainting before even being touched by her sexual customers]]]].

* Invoked and defied in ''ComicBook/TheSandman''. The prehistoric African virgin queen Nada wants the amorous title character to leave her alone, so she [[GroinAttack breaks her own hymen with a sharpened stone]], reasoning he won't be interested in her after she's already been "deflowered". This would be an entirely valid tactic for the time and place, though Nada understandably didn't count on the fact that Dream is responsible for the dreams of an entire universe's worth of sentient life and has already picked up some rather cosmopolitan ideas about sexuality from the planets that are at a different stage in their cultural evolution.

* ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' features an episode that reveals that Hank's dad, [[MagnificentBastard Cotton,]] had a lovechild with a Japanese nurse at the end of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII and was forced to leave her despite wanting to stay with her. When he returns to Japan years later, he finds that she had to marry an unsuccessful businessman because no respectable man would touch her due to the dishonor of bearing Cotton's illegitimate son.

*** In [[BrotherSisterIncest the story of Amnon and his half-sister Tamar]] in 2 Samuel 13, After Amnon lures Tamar into his rooms while PlayingSick and rapes her, Tamar herself says to him that ''his rejection of her afterwards is even eviler than the rape.''
*** In Genesis 34, Dinah, daughter of Leah and Jacob, is raped by Sechem of the Hivite. Then the rapist demands that his father Hamor (the local chieftain) get Dinah for his wife, apparently trying to invoke 'marry me or be defiled forever'. It doesn't work. Jacob's sons go overboard in [[RoaringRampageofRevenge revenge]]; Simeon and Levi, having led the slaughter, lose the possibility of being considered next in line for head of the tribe after Reuben (the eldest) loses ''his'' right.
*** Exodus contains a law that states that anyone (male or female) who [[BestialityIsDepraved has sex with an animal]] is to be executed. The animal is also considered Defiled Forever and must be slaughtered.

* Another male example occurs in ''Manga/GakuenOuji'' with Mizutani, where the visiting prince claims that Mizutani has been "tarnished forever" after finding out that he used to sell himself in order to get food. After hearing this Rise, the female lead, responds by giving the prince an ArmorPiercingSlap.

* ''LightNovel/AiNoKusabi's'' Riki, who explains to his ex-lover that they can't get back together because another man's [[UnusualEuphemism poison has seeped into his body]] and he is now permanently tainted.
* PlayedForLaughs in ''LightNovel/AndYouThoughtThereIsNeverAGirlOnline''. Hideki feels this way during the BeachEpisode when the girls rub him all over with suntan lotion.

* ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'' when Mikuru asks Kyon if he'll take her if she becomes ruined for marriage by Haruhi's treatment.

* PlayedForLaughs in ''LightNovel/HighSchoolDXD'', where Rossweisse declares she can't ever get married after Issei uses [[ClothingDamage Dress Break]] on her. It's immediately forgotten about; the joke is that it took her a solid minute to react to suddenly being seen naked - she was more concerned with her clothing being expensive to replace.
* PlayedForDrama in ''LightNovel/IsItWrongToTryToPickUpGirlsInADungeon'' with Sanjouno Haruhime. The poor girl was disowned by her family and ended up sold as a sexual slave, and for years she hoped someone would come and save her. When she meets Bell, at first she refuses his offer to rescue her because, from her perspective, not being "pure" anymore makes her unworthy of being saved by a hero. [[spoiler:It takes a hilarious turn when we learn that ''she's still a virgin'', [[ParalyzingFearOfSexuality due to always fainting before even being touched by her sexual customers]]]].

* ''Film/TheChargeAtFeatherRiver'': While never explicitly stated, Anne's comments indicated that she has been raped by the Chetenne and no longer feels fit to rejoin white society. [[RescueRomance Miles Archer does not agree]].

** Lysa Tully was married off to Jon Arryn because it was otherwise hard for her family to arrange a betrothal for her. Lysa had had sex with Petyr Baelish out of wedlock, making her a soiled woman in the eyes of the highborn society. Jon was old and desperately in need of an heir, so Lysa's fertility was a good prospect for him.

* While the continent of Westeros in ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' is no stranger to this concept, in the case of Robb Stark, despite already being in a marriage agreement, he weds Jeyne Westerling, with whom he [[SexForSolace slept upon hearing of his siblings' deaths]], in order not cause her any dishonor. The consequences of breaking his word end up being very dire for him though.

* Pops up in the Myth/Arthurianlegend in strange places. In ''Literature/LeMorteDArthur'', Malory occasionally invokes this trope either through the rape of women or their willful adultery, and there is quite a bit of both. Most striking, however, is the rape by deception that Morgause uses to sleep with Arthur and beget Mordred, which is counted among Arthur's sins and failings that lead to his kingdom's collapse and his death.

In a number of cultures, both historically and currently, this [[UnfortunateImplications sadly]] is considered TruthInTelevision, but this is slowly changing. See also NatureAdoresAVirgin.

Contrast RapePortrayedAsRedemption for the opposite effect on the victim. Not to be confused with DarthWiki/RuinedForever despite the similar name. In media, it may serve as the trigger for characters who turn to PromiscuityAfterRape. In some cases, it can part of the reason for a GoodGirlGoneBad.

* Ariane, the heroine of the medieval bodice-ripper ''Enchanted'', was considered this by her father after she was raped. Even worse, he doesn't believe that she was and instead thinks that it's she who seduced her assailant.

** Their ''Evenicle'' series. Anyone who fails to obey the goddess Eve's law regarding monogamy is cursed with a MarkOfShame similar to that of Cain, branding them an outlaw and forcing any crops or livestock they try to raise to wither and die. This law [[JerkassGods includes rape victims]], meaning not only are rape victims traumatized and barred from TrueLove, but also dehumanized and forced into a social class of people with no hope of reintegrating into society within an artificial apartheid state. And if you think ''that's'' bad, we haven't even gone into the TorturePorn yet.

Contrast RapePortrayedAsRedemption for the opposite effect on the victim. Not to be confused with DarthWiki/RuinedForever despite the similar name. In media, it may serve as the trigger for characters who turn to PromiscuityAfterRape.

* ''Film/TheLover''. After the fifteen year-old French girl loses her virginity to her 32 year-old Chinese lover, they have an entirely civil discussion about this trope over dinner. The girl concludes that it's just as well, as given the social values of the time it would be impossible for them to get married anyway. It's one of several conversations where [[ItDoesntMeanAnything they try to convince themselves there's no love involved in their affair]].

* Discussed [[spoiler: and ultimately defied]] in ''Manga/KusattaKyoushinoHouteishiki'', with a RareMaleExample. [[spoiler: Masayoshi's brother Masami was sexually abused as a teenager and has many [[StepfordSmiler hidden issues]] about it. He finally explains them to his boyfriend Tooru and says he considers himself soiled. Tooru then defies the trope via supporting Masami and telling him he's not defiled and that it's not his fault.]]

* PlayedForLaughs in ''Anime/SayonaraZetsubouSensei'' when ShrinkingViolet Kiri Komori declares herself this after [[ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext Commodore Perry, in his frenzy to open anything and everything]], parts her BlindingBangs and gets a look at her eyes.