History Main / PromiscuityAfterRape

** This is discussed in "That's Too Much, Man!" when Sarah Lynn thinks of how [[spoiler:Penny]] could be coping after [[spoiler:[=BoJack=]]] almost slept with her (a situation that, while not legally rape, is treated as QuestionableConsent at best due to [[spoiler:Penny]] being only 17 at the time while [[spoiler:[=BoJack=]] was a family friend in his fifties). One of her theories is that [[spoiler:Penny]] is in a chat room with middle-aged men because that's the only way she can feel love. Due to Sarah Lynn's own backstory, the subtext is that Sarah Lynn is likely projecting.

* Several lines in ''WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman'' none-too-subtly imply that [[FormerChildStar Sarah Lynn]]'s promiscuity was at least partially the result of being molested by her bear-man stepfather. She mentions to one of her ''Horsin' Around'' co-stars that he homeschools her that he's a [[ThatSoundsFamiliar photographer.]] Later, she remarks that she knows what bear fur [[{{Squick}} tastes like]]. This, plus Bojack telling her that she should always be [[DramaticIrony vying for the audience's love]] and the general negative demands of showbusiness, particularly those it has of women, result in her growing up to be a sex starlet and, eventually, a junkie. She also seems to have an ElectraComplex with [[DirtyOldMan Bojack himself]], her significantly older colleague who [[ParentalSubstitute played the role of her father on TV]] and one of her many sex partners. The one time we see her step-father, he's [[TakeThat a caricature of fashion photographer and accused rapist Terry Richardson]].

* In ''Videogame/VampireTheMasqueradeBloodlines'', this explains [[spoiler: Jeanette's promiscuity. Being an alternate personality of Therese, a victim of rape at the hands of her father, this personality embodies the consequences of the rape to cope up with the trauma that goes worse due to her innate Malkavian madness. On the flipside, Therese develops an aversion towards sex due of the same reasons as well.]]

* Protagonist Don Draper of ''Series/MadMen''. Back when he was still Dick Whitman, aged 13, he moved with his half-brother and stepmother into a brothel owned by his uncle. It's established that he's sexually naive and the environment is very confusing for him. When Dick falls ill with a high fever, Aimee, one of the prostitutes nurses him, showing a compassionate maternal side Dick was unused to, as his own stepmother, the only maternal figure he had known up until that point, was regularly cold and abusive towards him. When his fever breaks, however, Aimee switches from maternal to predatory. She lies down in the still weakened Dick's bed, and asks him if he "wants to know what the fuss is all about", [[VirginShaming ridiculing his lack of experience]], but Dick explicitly says "no". She teases him about [[AManIsAlwaysEager his visible sexual arousal]] and fondles his genitals despite his request to be left alone. Later on, during an argument with Dick's Uncle Mack, she brags about [[PostRapeTaunt "popping that boy's cherry"]]. When Dick's stepmother hears this, she immediately assumes to all be his own fault and violently beats him with a wood spoon and calls him [[SexIsEvil derogatory names]]. This mixture of sexual stimulus, shame, fear, and violence is implied to be the source of Don's present-day promiscuity.

* Protagonist Don Draper of ''Series/MadMen''. When he was about 13, he moved with his half-brother and stepmother into a brothel owned by his uncle. It's established that he's sexually naive and the environment is very confusing for him. When Don falls ill with a high fever, Aimee, one of the prostitutes nurses him, showing a compassionate maternal side Don was unused to, as his own stepmother, the only maternal figure he had known up until that point, was regularly cold and abusive towards him. When his fever breaks, however, Aimee switches from maternal to predatory. She lies down in the still weakened Don's bed, and asks him if he "wants to know what the fuss is all about", [[VirginShaming ridiculing his lack of experience]], but Don explicitly says "no". She teases him about [[AManIsAlwaysEager his visible sexual arousal]] and fondles his genitals despite his request to be left alone. Later on, during an argument with Don's Uncle Mack, she brags about [[PostRapeTaunt "popping that boy's cherry"]]. When Don's stepmother hears this, she violently beats him and calls him [[SexIsEvil derogatory names]]. This mixture of sexual stimulus, shame, fear, and violence is implied to be the source of Don's present-day promiscuity.

* Protagonist Don Draper of ''Series/MadMen''. When he was about 13, he moved with his half-brother and stepmother into a brothel owned by his uncle. It's established that he's sexually naive and the environment is very confusing for him. When Don falls ill with a high fever, one of the prostitutes nurses him, showing a compassionate maternal side Don was unused to, as his own stepmother, the only maternal figure he had known up until that point, was regularly cold and abusive towards him. When his fever breaks, however, the prostitute switches from maternal to predatory. She lies down in the still weakened Don's bed, and asks him if he "wants to know what the fuss is all about", [[VirginShaming ridiculing his lack of experience]], but Don explicitly says "no". She teases him about [[AManIsAlwaysEager his visible sexual arousal]] and fondles his genitals despite his request to be left alone. Later on, during an argument with Don's Uncle Mack, she brags about [[PostRapeTaunt "popping that boy's cherry"]]. When Don's stepmother hears this, she violently beats him and calls him [[SexIsEvil derogatory names]]. This mixture of sexual stimulus, shame, fear, and violence is implied to be the source of Don's present-day promiscuity.

* Protagonist Don Draper of ''Series/MadMen''. When he was about 13, he lived in a brothel. It's established that he's sexually naive and the environment is very confusing for him. When Don falls ill with a high fever, one of the prostitutes nurses him, showing a compassionate maternal side Don was unused to, as his own mother was regularly cold and abusive towards him. When his fever breaks, however, the prostitute switches from maternal to predatory. She lies down in the still weakened Don's bed, and asks him if he "wants to know what the fuss is all about", [[VirginShaming ridiculing his lack of experience]], but Don explicitly says "no". She teases him about [[AManIsAlwaysEager his visible sexual arousal]] and fondles his genitals despite his request to be left alone. Later on, during an argument with Don's Uncle Mack, she brags about [[PostRapeTaunt "popping that boy's cherry"]]. When Don's stepmother hears this, she violently beats him and calls him [[SexIsEvil derogatory names]]. This mixture of sexual stimulus, shame, fear, and violence is implied to be the source of Don's present-day promiscuity.

* Protagonist Don Draper of ''Series/MadMen''. When he was about 13, he lived in a brothel. It's established that he's sexually naive and the environment is very confusing for him. When Don falls ill with a high fever, one of the prostitutes nurses him, showing a compassionate maternal side Don was unused to. When his fever breaks, however, the prostitute switches from maternal to predatory. She lies down in the still weakened Don's bed, and asks him if he "wants to know what the fuss is all about", [[VirginShaming ridiculing his lack of experience]], but Don explicitly says "no". She teases him about [[AManIsAlwaysEager his visible sexual arousal]] and fondles his genitals despite his request to be left alone. Later on, during an argument with Don's Uncle Mack, she brags about [[PostRapeTaunt "popping that boy's cherry"]]. When Don's stepmother hears this, she violently beats him and calls him [[SexIsEvil derogatory names]]. This mixture of sexual stimulus, shame, fear, and violence is implied to be the source of Don's present-day promiscuity.

* Protagonist Don Draper of ''Series/MadMen''. When he was about 13, he lived in a brothel. It's established that he's sexually naive and the environment is very confusing for him. When Don falls ill with a high fever, one of the prostitutes nurses him, showing a compassionate maternal side Don was unused to. When his fever breaks, however, the prostitute switches from maternal to predatory. She asks Don if he wants to have sex, [[VirginShaming ridiculing his lack of experience]], but Don explicitly says no. She teases him about [[AManIsAlwaysEager his visible sexual arousal]] and fondles his genitals despite his request to be left alone. Later on, during an argument with Don's Uncle Mack, she brags about [[PostRapeTaunt "popping that boy's cherry"]]. When Don's stepmother hears this, she violently beats him and calls him [[SexIsEvil derogatory names]]. This mixture of sexual stimulus, shame, fear, and violence is implied to be the source of Don's present-day promiscuity.

* Protagonist Don Draper of ''Series/MadMen''. When he was about 13, he lived in a brothel. It's established that he's sexually naive and the environment is very confusing for him. When Don falls ill with a high fever, one of the prostitutes nurses him, showing a compassionate maternal side Don was unused to. When his fever breaks, however, the prostitute switches from maternal to predatory. She asks Don if he wants to have sex, [[VirginShaming ridiculing his lack of experience]], but Don explicitly says no. She teases him about [[AManIsAlwaysEager his visible sexual arousal]] and fondles his genitals despite his request to be left alone. Later on, during an argument with Don's Uncle Mack, she brags about [[PostRapeTaunt "popping that boy's cherry" ]]. When Don's stepmother hears this, she violently beats him and calls him [[SexIsEvil derogatory names]]. This mixture of sexual stimulus, shame, fear, and violence is implied to be the source of Don's present-day promiscuity.

A promiscuous character is revealed to have RapeAsBackStory. In fiction, being raped or manipulated into sex often causes a previously-sexually-innocent or moderate character to become very promiscuous. In reality, survivors of sexual abuse cope in a multitude of ways. [[TruthInTelevision While sexual promiscuity is not uncommon in sexual abuse survivors]], the presence of promiscuous behavior does not automatically mean the person was abused in the past or vice versa.

Movies and television shows commonly rely on RapeAsBackStory as a method of deepening CharacterDevelopment, particularly for female characters, implying a straight line between rape and promiscuity with no room for deviation. In fictional works, being forcibly exposed to sex is equivalent to being injected with heroin: an addiction is the likeliest outcome. This may stem from a variety of reasons, ranging from the abused desiring to lose themselves in the pleasurable sensations of sexual intercourse, to being hypersexual in order to punish themselves for [[DefiledForever no longer being "pure,"]] to the idea that "If SexIsEvil, ThenLetMeBeEvil!"

* Happens with DC Mickey Webb in ''The Bill'' following his rape. He regularly has one night stands. It's only after he himself is falsely accused of rape that he gets less promiscuous.

->"She could be on the game. You've seen it happen. She believes she's dirty, worthless. She's copped a lot so...might as well make a dollar out of it."

-->-- ''Series/{{Phoenix}}'', "Fond Memories"

* Downplayed with Ash from ''Manga/BananaFish''. He's been deeply hurt by being raped and forced into prostitution at a young age, and early on he learned how to use his looks to charm older men. In the present day, he does use seduction to get information from people and will occasionally resort to sex, but only when the situation requires it and it's clear that he doesn't actually enjoy having sex with older men for pleasure.

* A horrifying GenderInverted example happens in ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/series/901269 The Dark Trio]]''. Harry is already a {{Kidanova}} by the time he enters Hogwarts, able to attract girls older than him with minimal effort. Unfortunately, this is revealed to be the result of Harry being raped by his adoptive sister (who's ''seven years older'' than him) in the past.

* [[spoiler:Tamura]] from ''Manga/BokuraNoHentai'' was abused as a child by an older neighbor. He [[RepressedMemories repressed the memories]] until he lost his virginity. [[spoiler:Tamura]] ends up becoming promiscuous, often trying to have sex with adult men and other male-assigned-at-birth members of the cast (including {{trans|gender}} girl Marika). Even as an adult, he engages in strings of one-night stands and flings despite finding them unfulfilling. The abuse also spured him into being a {{Crossdresser}}, as his neighbor would dress him up like a girl.

* Downplayed by both ''ComicBook/GreenArrow'' and ''ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}''. Both characters were either celibate or completely loyal to their respective girlfriends, until they both had women force themselves on them in a situation where they were unable to give consent, got accused of adultery by their significant others for reasons [[InsaneTrollLogic known only to their writer]], and then had their characterization altered to actually ''make'' them the womanizers they were accused of being. Why is it downplayed? Because never is a connection explicitly drawn between the incidents and their characterization shifts. It almost feels like the writers only did so to retroactively make it seem like they really did give in because [[UnfortunateImplications they're both womanizing cads]]. And apparently [[NeverLiveItDown it wasn't rape, just nonconsensual sex]].

* In the second season of ''Anime/BlackButler'', this fits in with the course of Alois' whole life. After his little brother and entire village are killed, this already slightly-off boy (who laughed cheerfully as he robbed the dead) begins living as a true street rat in the city. Understanding the inherent risks for homeless youth, and seeing his reactions to things later on, it's sadly unsurprising to discover that he engages in solicitation for food or shelter before his age even hits double digits. He's then only around 11 when he goes to Earl Trancy's manor and ends up living with a bunch of boys in the same dire straits, being bathed and treated like cattle, all while being a SexSlave to the old man. ''At the age of 11.'' It's clear even at that young age he is not a virgin, as he dolls up and puts on a beautiful red robe, seducing the old man with obvious expertise until the guy's kissing his feet. Then he manages to kill the Earl and his behavior from then on out is disturbingly sexual.

* Several lines in ''WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman'' none-too-subtly imply that [[FormerChildStar Sarah Lynn]]'s promiscuity was at least partially the result of being molested by her bear-man stepfather. She mentions to one of her ''Horsin' Around'' co-stars that he homeschools her that he's a [[ThatSoundsFamiliar photographer.]] Later, she remarks that she knows what bear fur [[{{Squick}} tastes like]]. This, plus Bojack telling her that she should always be [[DramaticIrony vying for the audience's love]] and the general negative demands of a patriarchal society, result in her growing up to be a sex starlet and, eventually, a junkie. She also seems to have an ElectraComplex with [[DirtyOldMan Bojack himself]], her significantly older colleague who [[ParentalSubstitute played the role of her father on TV]] and one of her many sex partners. The one time we see her step-father, he's [[TakeThat a caricature of fashion photographer and accused rapist Terry Richardson]].

* In ''Videogame/VampireTheMasqueradeBloodlines, this explains [[spoiler: Jeanette's promiscuity. Being an alternate personality of Therese, a victim of rape at the hands of her father, this personality embodies the consequences of the rape that goes worse due to her Malkavian madness. On the flipside, Therese develops an aversion towards sex due of the same reasons as well.]]

* Downplayed by both ''ComicBook/GreenArrow'' and ''ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}''. Both characters were either celibate or completely loyal to their respective girlfriends, until they both had women force themselves on them in a situation where they were unable to give consent, got accused of YourCheatingHeart by their significant others for reasons [[InsaneTrollLogic known only to their writer]], and then had their characterization altered to actually ''make'' them the womanizers they were accused of being. Why is it downplayed? Because never is a connection explicitly drawn between the incidents and their characterization shifts. It almost feels like the writers only did so to retroactively make it seem like they really did give in because [[UnfortunateImplications they're both womanizing cads]]. And apparently [[NeverLiveItDown it wasn't rape, just nonconsensual sex]].

* Downplayed by both ''ComicBook/GreenArrow'' and ''ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}''. Both characters were either celibate or completely loyal to their respective girlfriends, until they both had women force themselves on them in a situation where they were unable to give consent, got accused of YourCheatingHeart by their significant others for reasons [[InsaneTrollLogic known only to their writer]], and then had their characterization altered to actually ''make'' them the womanizers they were accused of being. Why is it downplayed? Because neves is a connection explicitly drawn between the incidents and their characterization shifts. It almost feels like the writers only did so to retroactively make it seem like they really did give in because [[UnfortunateImplications they're both womanizing cads]]. And apparently [[NeverLiveItDown it wasn't rape, just nonconsensual sex]].