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* ''Series/{{Coupling}}'' In the episode, "The Girl With Two Breasts", Jeff is asked out by his hot coworker, Wilma, and since, he's not the best at speaking, he wears a wire so the other members of the group can listen in and give him advice. Wilma propositions him for sex which Jeff is resistant to, since he's dating his boss, Julia. However, Wilma says she's also seeing someone and is just looking for some fun on the side, asking, "How can you say no to a night of unconditional sex?". Susan is furious when she hears this and demands that Steve tell Jeff the reason he can say no, but Steve is unable to think up a reason, eventually blurting out, "Jeff, don't. It might be a trick", leaving Susan quite angry with him.

* ''Series/TheHandmaidsTale'': Waterford offers a variant of this as an explanation as to why Jezebel's exists.

*** Surprisingly few of these involve sex-he uses it as an excuse for everything from insensitive remarks to crowning achievements in stupidity (90% of his "I'm just a guy" jokes fit under this), but from Bill, sex usually gets more than just a clever catchphrase.
* ''Film/{{Scream 1996}}'' attracted some negative attention from feminist groups for its apparent position that if a boy's girlfriend won't put out after a certain time he's perfectly justified in seeking satisfaction elsewhere. As well, throughout the entire series Billy's father is never criticized for his affair with Sydney's mother; everyone, including Sydney herself, act like it was all her mother's fault.
* Although the character of Eddie in ''Something To Talk About'' is blamed for his cheating he says it is partly his wife's fault for not being interested in sex anymore and she eventually agrees with him
* In ''Mirror Images 2'' a man seduced by the woman he believes is his employers wife - its actually her twin posing as her to frame her for adultery - blames the woman calling her a slut and everyone seems to agree with him despite the fact he was a "consenting" adult who participated enthusiastically in the sex In this case she's less of a slut than a [[BedTrick rapist by deception]].
** There was a similar soft porn film where the con artist girlfriend of the main character seduces his business partner to rip him off as well and the business partners blames her saying she seduced him and he gets a free pass from his partner and wife.
* Averted in ''Franchise/{{Dragnet}}'' (the 1987 movie version.) Friday is depicted as incredibly uptight and when a woman hits on him, he turns her down.

* In the Soviet adaptation of ''Literature/AndThenThereWereNone'', [[spoiler:Lombard]] invokes the trope to excuse his rape of [[spoiler:Vera]], saying that coming to a man's room at night and then screaming for help was downright silly. (Actually, the woman was frightened out of her wits by hallucinations of [[spoiler:the child she killed]] and wanted some real-life person to protect her).
* In ''Film/AGuyThing'', after his bachelor party, Paul wakes up with an attractive dancer in his bed. He's horrified, since he's normally a quiet and devoted guy, who would never cheat on his fiancée (as it turns out, he never actually cheated, having passed out before the clothes came off, but he had intended to cheat while drunk). Throughout the movie, he finds unexpected support from his best friend, complete strangers, and even his future father-in-law (and boss). As far as they're all concerned, men are hunters, frequently waving it off as "it's [[TitleDrop a guy thing]]". [[spoiler:He ends up calling off the wedding when he realizes both that he doesn't want to be one of these guys and that he doesn't want to always pick the safer option (Karen). He ends up chasing down Karen's wild cousin Becky.]]

* In ''Film/TheWomen'', one of the main characters' mothers tells her that her father had a mistress but she stayed with him anyway, and seems to blame the other woman more since she refers to her as a whore.

* In ''Film/TheWomen'' one of the main characters mother tells her that her father had a mistress but she stayed with him anyway and seems to blame the other woman more referring to her as a whore

* ''{{Series/Seinfeld}}'' has the infamous "The Contest" episode, where the main characters have a contest to see who can refrain from [[ADateWithRosiePalms self-gratification]] the longest. When Elaine wants in on the bet, she has to take double stakes because, as Jerry puts it, it's easier for women to refrain, whereas with men, "it's part of our lifestyle." [[spoiler: Possibly averted when Elaine comes in third place, beaten by Jerry and George. She does beat Kramer, but that's not saying much.]]
--> Jerry: "It's like shaving…"
--> Elaine: "Well, I shave my legs."
--> Kramer: "Not ''every day''!"
** In another episode, where George is hiring a new secretary. Jerry naturally assumes he's going to hire a beautiful woman, but George tells him that his intention is just the opposite--he ''doesn't'' want to do that, knowing that it will distract him from his work. He is promptly seen telling several gorgeous applicants that despite how qualified they are, "looking at you, I can't even remember my own name and if I hire you, it's only a matter a time before you file a complaint for sexual harassment.", thus telling us that George would be completely incapable of controlling himself around a beautiful woman.

* ''Series/{{Coupling}}'' In the episode, "The Girl With Two Breasts", Jeff is asked out by his hot coworker, Wilma, and since, he's not the best at speaking, he wears a wire so the other members of the group can listen in and give him advice. Wilma propositions him for sex which Jeff is resistant to, since he's dating his boss, Julia. However, Wilma says she's also seeing someone and is just looking for some fun on the side, asking, "How can you say no to a night of unconditional sex?". Susan is furious when she hears this and demands that Steve tell Jeff the reason he can say no, but Steve is unable to think up a reason, eventually blurting out, "[[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Jeff, don't. It might be a trick]].", leaving Susan quite angry with him.

* Frank Gallagher in ''Series/ShamelessUK'' tries to blame the other woman for his infidelity.

--> '''Aeryn (in Rygel's body)''': You are mentally damaged.
--> '''Crichton (in Aeryn's body)''': No, I'm a guy. A guy... guys dream about this sort of thing.

--->'''Aeryn''': You were in my shoes... and I was in your pants. * walks away, smirking*
--->'''Crichton''': *grins and darts after her*

* ''Series/GameOfThrones'': This is Gendry's explanation for why he let Melisandre have her way with him, and Davos admits he can sympathize.
* Frank Gallagher in ''{{Shameless}}'' tries to blame the other woman for his infidelity.

* Defied in Literature/TheBible, as concerning a man who has been regenerated by the Holy Spirit and becomes a Christian. God expects that man to be in control of his urges rather than let his urges take control of him. Jesus in the Gospels says if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out, and if your hand or foot causes you to sin, cut it off, and He even goes on to say that [[CripplingCastration some men made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the Kingdom of Heaven]]. (The Literature/BookOfHebrews says that Jesus was tempted in all points as all humans are, and yet He never sinned, even with women touching Him.) Paul the apostle tells the disciples to flee sexual immorality, because all other sins are committed outside the body, but sexual immorality is committed against one's own body. Given that he says that the body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, this means it should be treated with respect. Or if you can't control your urges, you're better off being married than to "burn with passion".

* Defied in Literature/TheBible, as concerning a man who has been regenerated by the Holy Spirit and becomes a Christian. God expects that man to be in control of his urges rather than let his urges take control of him. Jesus in the Gospels says if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out, and if your hand or foot causes you to sin, cut it off, and He even goes on to say that [[CripplingCastration some men made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the Kingdom of Heaven]]. (The Literature/BookOfHebrews says that Jesus was tempted in all points as all humans are, and yet He never sinned, even with women touching Him.) Paul the apostle tells the disciples to flee sexual immorality, because all other sins are committed outside the body, but sexual immorality is committed against one's own body. Or if you can't control your urges, you're better off being married than to "burn with passion".

* ''Manga/DomesticGirlfriend'': Downplayed. Natsuo can't help getting aroused in [[{{Nosebleed}} various]] [[RagingStiffy ways]] due to all the beautiful women surrounding him--many of whom are actively trying to seduce him. However, he never takes advantage, even when he doesn't actually have a girlfriend. Because of this, it takes a while for his girlfriend to get over her ClingyJealousGirl phase, but eventually she decides to trust him no matter what, and he doesn't let her down.

* Defied in Literature/TheBible, as concerning a man who has been regenerated by the Holy Spirit and becomes a Christian. God expects that man to be in control of his urges rather than let his urges take control of him. Jesus in the Gospels says if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out, and if your hand or foot causes you to sin, cut it off, and He even goes on to say that [[CripplingCastration some men made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the Kingdom of Heaven]]. Paul the apostle tells the disciples to flee sexual immorality, because all other sins are committed outside the body, but sexual immorality is committed against one's own body. Or if you can't control your urges, you're better off being married than to "burn with passion".

* Defied in Literature/TheBible, as concerning a man who has been regenerated by the Holy Spirit and becomes a Christian. God expects that man to be in control of his urges rather than let his urges take control of him. Jesus in the Gospels says if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out, and if your hand or foot causes you to sin, cut it off, and He even goes on to say that some men made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the Kingdom of Heaven. Paul the apostle tells the disciples to flee sexual immorality, because all other sins are committed outside the body, but sexual immorality is committed against one's own body. Or if you can't control your urges, you're better off being married than to "burn with passion".

* Defied in Literature/TheBible, as concerning a man who has been regenerated by the Holy Spirit and becomes a Christian. God expects that man to be in control of his urges rather than let his urges take control of him. Jesus in the Gospels says if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out, and if your hand or foot causes you to sin, cut it off, and He even goes on to say that some men made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the Kingdom of Heaven. Paul the apostle tells the disciples to flee sexual immorality, because all other sins are committed outside the body, but sexual immorality is committed against one's own body.

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* ''Series/{{Coupling}}'' In the episode, "The Girl With Two Breasts", Jeff is asked out by his hot coworker, Wilma, and since, he's not the best at speaking, he wears a wire so the other members of the group can listen in and give him advice. Wilma propositions him for sex which Jeff is resistant to, since he's dating his boss, Julia. However, Wilma says she's also seeing someone and is just looking for some fun on the side, asking, "How can you say no to a night of unconditional sex?". Susan is furious when she hears this and demands that Steve tell Jeff the reason he can say no, but Steve is unable to think up a reason, eventually blurting out, "[[CrowningMomentOfFunny Jeff, don't. It might be a trick]].", leaving Susan quite angry with him.

* Prevalent in Elven culture in the ''Literature/TalesOfMU'' universe, due to [[OurElvesAreBetter increased sexual potency]]. Among the more disciplined underground variety, it seems more common among the "[[{{Transsexual}} halfkind]]" as they are not expected to show responsibility or constraint.

* Averted in ''Literature/{{Twilight}}''. Bella is throwing herself at Edward, but he's afraid of hurting her (because he's a vampire and all) so he refuses.
* Rhett Butler in ''GoneWithTheWind'' visits brothels while married but is never considered a bad husband because his wife doesn't have sex with him so it's her fault. However when there is the slightest hint his wife might have had a moment with another man she is treated as a terrible person.

* In ''TheWomen'' one of the main characters mother tells her that her father had a mistress but she stayed with him anyway and seems to blame the other woman more referring to her as a whore

* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11102148/6/Potion-Bottles Potion Bottles]]'':

* ''LeastICouldDo'': Rayne says what unmanly losers his friends are for being able to help it. The story itself may or may not agree with him.