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Women who want to take advantage of this trope[[note]]Not that kind of "advantage", sicko.[[/note]] can either attempt a LysistrataGambit or say "IHaveBoobsYouMustObey". See also AllMenArePerverts, EverybodyHasLotsOfSex, SexIsGood, and SexIsEvilAndIAmHorny. Contrast SeductionProofMarriage, when a character refuses another's advances on grounds of a committed relationship.

* ''Fanfic/CheatingDeathThoseThatLived:'' While being chased by an alliance made up of girls he sexually harassed, Neon yells out "Why am I being punished? It's not my fault all girls are hot!" This pisses off his pursuers even more.

The "extended period" can be anything from a few years to a few days. Bonus points to anyone who compares celibacy of any duration to taking vows at a monastery. Interestingly, this trope persists even if other characters in the main cast can display the ability to keep their pants zipped. Apparently some have higher libidos than others. Naturally, they never just schedule ADateWithRosiePalms. All in all, it's usually just a really bad excuse. But some men [[InternalizedCategorism truly believe]] that they can't handle themselves better than that, an assumption that tends to become a SelfFulfillingProphecy.

* The ''Moonlight Lady'' OVA invokes this trope in a particular way; in final preparations for the Expecting Moon Ceremony, Koichi must engage in constant sex with [[{{Meido}} Tomomi and Sayaka]] and several other random women. Suzuna, on the other hand, is left alone to have ADateWithRosiePalms.

** 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.]]

* 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 the Gospels saying that women were 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".

* OlderThanRadio: ''Literature/SenseAndSensibility'' has Willoughby trying to explain his appalling behavior to Colonel Brandon's ward with this excuse. It doesn't work. Unsurprisingly, as Colonel Brandon is a man, too, [[spoiler: and his ward is his first love's illegitimate child, but not fathered by him.]] Let's just say he is not the one to be easily fooled by this excuse.

* In the magical land of ''Literature/{{Xanth}}'', this trope is heightened to a ridiculous extreme, but then again, most things there are. Humanoid males there (and sometimes creatures of other body types too) literally cannot look away from attractive exposed flesh or movement of a humanoid female, become weak and even paralyzed the more turned on they get, and freak out in mind and body if they expose their undergarments (but not when they're naked, unless they're REALLY hot). Occasionally, this trope is gender flipped as it can apply to females as well, but only if they're REALLY turned on or REALLY grossed out by a male.
** One example where this is made pretty explicit is a scene in ''Crewel Lye'' in which a male character and a female one switch bodies. The former woman is overcome by hormones and can't resist planting a kiss on her old body. She concludes that men just can't help their pigish instincts, and gains new respect for the male character when she realizes how restrained he has been.
* ''Literature/AndEternity'': when a pair of female characters are turned male, they are barely restrained from ''raping the first woman they see''. They come to the conclusion that all the men they've ever known had almost superhuman levels of self-control for keeping that urge in check. This is par for the course in a lot of Creator/PiersAnthony's work -- that a man's default mental setting is "RAPE" and only the most noble can resist those urges for reasons other than "fear of getting caught".
* In ''Literature/CrimeAndPunishment'', there's a bit of this in Svidrigailov's justification. He's now free and unmarried [[spoiler:because he may have poisoned his wife]], and those 18-year-old (and 15-year-old, and 13-year-old) girls are just so cute-- he can't help himself.
* In the Maggody mystery series by Joan Hess, Mayor Jim Bob's philandering is so much a part of his personality that, when his wife asks him why he's come home late, the only trace of guilt he ever feels is for lying about why: the possibility he might ''not'' sleep around never even crosses his mind.

* ''Literature/KnowledgeOfAngels'': This is used by one character to defend some shepherds ''gang-raping a twelve-year-old girl'', because of the fact she'd been running around naked and they hadn't seen females in a long time.
* Josiah Ferraby does ''not'' use this excuse in ''Literature/TheComfortableCourtesan''. After his [[HappilyMarried beloved wife]] nearly [[DeathByChildbirth dies in childbirth]], he is entirely willing to wait until she goes through menopause to have sex again, the only way to be truly safe in their [[RegencyEngland Regency setting]]. However, ''she'' is worried that [[ScienceMarchesOn such prolonged restraint will negatively affect his health]], and invokes this trope on his behalf, advising him to [[GoodAdulteryBadAdultery find a mistress]], which he does in the titular courtesan.

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* Josiah Ferraby does ''not'' use this excuse in ''Literature/TheComfortableCourtesan''. After his [[HappilyMarried beloved wife]] nearly [[DeathByChildbirth dies in childbirth]], he is entirely willing to wait until she goes through menopause to have sex again, the only way to be truly safe in their [[RegencyRomance Regency setting]]. However, ''she'' is worried that [[ScienceMarchesOn such prolonged restraint will negatively affect his health]], and invokes this trope on his behalf, advising him to [[GoodAdulteryBadAdultery find a mistress]], which he does in the titular courtesan.

The "extended period" can be anything from a few years to a few days. Bonus points to anyone who compares celibacy of any duration to taking vows at a monastery. Interestingly, this trope persists even if other characters in the main cast can display the ability to keep their pants zipped. Apparently some have higher libidos than others. Naturally, they never just schedule ADateWithRosiePalms. All in all, it's usually just a really bad excuse. But some men [[InternalizedCategorism truly believe]] that they can't handle themselves better than that, an assumption that tends to become a SelfFulfillingProphecy (and to overlap with SexIsEvilAndIAmHorny).

Women who want to take advantage of this trope[[note]]Not that kind of "advantage", sicko.[[/note]] can either attempt a LysistrataGambit or say "IHaveBoobsYouMustObey". See also AllMenArePerverts, EverybodyHasLotsOfSex, SexIsGood. Contrast SeductionProofMarriage, when a character refuses another's advances on grounds of a committed relationship.

The "extended period" can be anything from a few years to a few days. Bonus points to anyone who compares celibacy of any duration to taking vows at a monastery. Interestingly, this trope persists even if other characters in the main cast can display the ability to keep their pants zipped. Apparently some have higher libidos than others. Naturally, they never just schedule ADateWithRosiePalms. All in all, it's usually just a really bad excuse. [[InternalizedCategorism But some men truly believe that they can't handle themselves better than that and as a result they can't]].

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

* ''Fanfic/PotionBottles'':

* The ''MoonlightLady'' OVA invokes this trope in a particular way; in final preparations for the Expecting Moon Ceremony, Koichi must engage in constant sex with [[{{Meido}} Tomomi and Sayaka]] and several other random women. Suzuna, on the other hand, is left alone to have ADateWithRosiePalms.

* ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikerS'': [[BigBad Scaglietti]] justifies this trope to explain how the high priest who was guarding [[CrystalDragonJesus Olivie Sägebrecht's]] DNA got seduced by Due, who was infiltrating the Saint's Church as a NaughtyNun.

The masculine equivalent of the TheUnfairSex. This trope features a man caught in a sexually compromising situation. If he is unmarried, not seeing anyone, or involved with a partner who, at the moment, is either unwilling or unable to grant him sexual satisfaction, he can provide the following excuse (though typically not put quite so articulately):

* Music/{{Devo}}'s "Triumph of the Will" uncovers the [[AllMenAreRapists implications]] of this trope:

* 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 "[[{{Transgender}} halfkind]]" as they are not expected to show responsibility or constraint.

* ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion'': This comes up in the quest, "The Siren's Deception". The player has to track down a gang of female thieves who use this trope and lure men out to remote locations, promising them sex, and then rob them. Additionally, part of the quest requires you to get information from Gogan, their latest victim, who's married. He uses this as his excuse. However, [[spoiler: it turns out he's an undercover cop, so may not have been a victim at all]]