History Main / RapeAndSwitch

** There is some controversy whether that actually counts as rape or if it's simply SlapSlapKiss.

** I'd say this was only a possible example. Alois could have been gay anyway, the episode that shows his past skips straight (pun not intended) from Luka's death to him arriving at the earl's manor. We don't know that the rape CAUSED his status as DespravedHomosexual.

* [[CreepyChild Alois]] in the second season of ''{{Kuroshitsuji}}''. In the beginning of the first episode, Alois is shown with many bruises all over his body and marks around his ankles, and he is shown laying in bed naked next to an old guy who is also naked. Following that we see him do things like alternate between being AxCrazy and cute and innocent at the drop of a hat, treat his female maid like complete crap, act in a flamboyant manner, wear black stockings with high-heeled boots and very short shorts, act [[HoYay very attached]] to his butler Claude and pretty much flirts with Sebastian when he first meets him by leaning into him, smelling him and proclaiming that Sebastian "smells good". In the fifth episode he cross-dresses as a maid, pretty much tries to seduce Ciel and outright tells Ciel that he "wants" him. He also confesses his love for Claude.

* Suzu from the ''PeacemakerKurogane'' manga. He was "adopted" by a rich old man and raped. This apparently caused him to become homosexual (coupled with becoming AxCrazy). It's pretty obvious when he wears nail polish, effeminate clothes, lipstick, flirts with men, and acts like a StalkerWithACrush with Tetsunosuke.

Curiously, both male and female victims exhibit the same response to rape, which is to become attracted to the same sex. Men become attracted to men, and women become repulsed by men. This trope comes from many people's idea that heterosexuality is the "default" state, and that homosexuality exists only as a reaction to sexual trauma: addiction for men and revulsion for women.

* It doesn't involve rape, but in a DeletedScene from ''BackToTheFuture'' Marty [=McFly=] worries that hitting on his teenage mother might make him gay. This was set-up for a HaveAGayOldTime joke in which the 1950s Doc interpretes "gay" as "happy".

* In the Paul Verhoeven film ''Spetters'', a character preys on gay men, leading them on before beating them up and robbing them. The tables are turned when he is gang raped, accepts his homosexuality and begins a relationship with one of his rapists. Steven Spielberg recommended Verhoeven for ''ReturnOfTheJedi''. Then he saw this. The rest is history.

* Toby from OZ becomes bisexual after being raped in prison.

* Possibly the reason for Jarl's sexuality in Brent Weeks' Night Angel Trilogy. Early in the first book, as a child, Jarl is raped by Rat (or at least such is implied), and upon his return to the plot as an adult, it is revealed that he is bisexual.

* And start dating each other. Because you always date the first lesbian you see.

* Jenny in "The L Word" was non-specifically sexually assaulted as a child and her mother wonders if that caused her lesbianism. Jenny doesn't answer, but repressed memories emerging may be related to the switch.

** This entire scene carries such twisted MoralDissonance that it makes the rest of play nearly unwatchable. Who knew adults having sex with children was okay when both participants are of the same gender, or at least it is if they both have vaginas. The scene is such an [[WallBanger ugly mess]] that it's hard to tell what the aesop was, but it sure isn't family friendly.

* ''TheVaginaMonologues'' has a character experience this multiple times...but becomes a lesbian because she is "healed" by being raped by another lesbian as a teenager, instead of the times she was raped by men. This piece is censored to remove lines like her declaring the experience to be "[[ItsNotRapeIfYouEnjoyedIt good rape]]" and raising her age from 13 to 16, mostly because in the view of the monologues, this experience is a ''[[WarpedAesop good thing]]''.

* ''TheVaginaMonologues'' has a character experience this multiple times...but becomes a lesbian because she is "healed" by being raped by another lesbian as a child, instead of the times she was raped by men. This piece is censored to remove lines like her declaring the experience to be "[[ItsNotRapeIfYouEnjoyedIt good rape]]" and raising her age from 13 to 16, mostly because in the view of the monologues, this experience is a ''[[WarpedAesop good thing]]''.

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* FalloutNewVegas [[WallBanger wall-bangingly]] uses this for NCR Sniper Corporal Betsy.

* A rather bizarre version occurred in the ChristopherMoore novel ''Fluke: Or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings''. A pair of female marine biologists are at sea researching the mating patterns of humpback whales, when their tiny boat is caught between a female humpback and a pair of males. After [[spoiler:being savagely beaten by ten foot long penises and covered in gallons of whale semen]], they promptly decide to become lesbians.

* A rather bizarre version occurred in the Christopher Moore novel ''Fluke: Or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings''. A pair of female marine biologists are at sea researching the mating patterns of humpback whales, when their tiny boat is caught between a female humpback and a pair of males. After [[spoiler:being savagely beaten by ten foot long penises and covered in gallons of whale semen]], they promptly decide to become lesbians.

* [[CreepyChild Alois]] in the second season of ''{{Kuroshitsuji}}''. In the beginning of the first episode, Alois is shown with many bruises all over his body and marks around his ankles, and he is shown laying in bed naked next to an old guy who is also naked. Following that we see him do things like alternate between being AxCrazy and cute and innocent at the drop of a hat, treat his female maid like complete crap, act in a flamboyant manner, wear black stockings with high-heeled boots and very short shorts, act [[HoYay very attached]] to his butler Claude and pretty much flirts with Sebastian when he first meets him by leaning into him, smelling him and proclaiming that Sebastian "smells good". In the fifth episode he cross-dresses as a maid, pretty much tries to seduce Ciel and outright tells Ciel that he "wants" him.

* Pussy Galore in the novel ''{{Goldfinger}}'' before JamesBond cures her.
** This Troper remembers hearing an interview of the woman who played Pussy Galore, in which, when discussing inspirations for playing her character, said something along the lines of "I knew she was a lesbian, so I tried to play somebody who had been abused as a child"

* The hentai ''Cream Lemon''.

* Happens in the porn comic ''HousewivesAtPlay'' -- an especially odd example since the rapists in the comic are generally female as well.

** It doesn't even have to be rape. A fair number of women end up switching sides after they are hurt by one too many men.

* In the Paul Verhoeven film ''Spetters'', a character preys on gay men, leading them on before beating them up and robbing them. The tables are turned when he is gang raped, accepts his homosexuality and begins a relationship with one of his rapists. Steven Spielberg recommended Verhoeven for [[StarWars Return Of The Jedi]]. Then he saw this. The rest is history.

* In the Paul Verhoeven film ''Spetters'', a character preys on gay men, leading them on before beating them up and robbing them. The tables are turned when he is gang raped, accepts his homosexuality and begins a relationship with one of his rapists. Steven Spielberg recommended Verhoeven for [[StarWars Return Of The Jedi]]. Then he saw this. The rest is history

Curiously, both male and female victims exhibit the same response to rape, which is to become attracted to the same sex. Men become attracted to men, and women become repulsed by men. This trope is related to many people's idea that heterosexuality is the "default" state, and that homosexuality exists only as a reaction to sexual trauma: addiction for men and revulsion for women.

Curiously, both male and female victims exhibit the same response to rape, which is to become attracted to the same sex. Men become attracted to men, and women become repulsed by men. This trope may be related to the male fear that being anally penetrated has a feminizing effect. In some cultures, a man is not considered "gay" [[DoubleStandard unless he enjoys being on the bottom and taking the "woman's role."]] A man who inserts himself inside another man is still considered "straight," [[YouFailLogicForever even though he's the one maintaining an erection.]] See {{Uke}}.

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* Legato Bluesummers from the ''{{Trigun}}'' manga is shown to have been raped (possibly numerous times) by the town mayor. After he gets rescued by Knives, he is later seen being only attracted to and in love with men (namely Knives and Vash).
**He hates Vash...and unlike Elendria, who's a rather attractive scary-as-hell (in the inhumanly deadly sense) m-t-f transgender who didn't make it into the anime, Legato's obsession is only sexual in that it's frighteningly intense and visceral, and he has the sexually-twisted background. (Mayor? I thought he was a straight-up kept catamite.) It's one of those 'intense sexuality and immense power getting about the same reaction, possibly simultaneously' things. So, yeah...twisted, aren't we?
* Suzu from the ''PeacemakerKurogane'' manga. He was "adopted" by a rich old man and raped. This apparently caused him to become homosexual (coupled with becoming AxCrazy). It's pretty obvious when he wears nail polish, effeminate clothes, lipstick, flirts with men, and acts like a StalkerWithACrush with Tetsunosuke.
* Genkaku from ''DeadmanWonderland'', after getting repeatedly raped and beaten by a group of bullies (who were monk trainees like him) at the temple during his childhood, became gay. He seems to express disgust and contempt towards women, and is [[InLoveWithYourCarnage shown to have a strong attraction to Nagi]]. In fact, he pretty much confesses to Nagi that he "loved him."
* Sen in the yaoi manga ''Under Grand Hotel'' was clearly straight before he started enduring one too many [[PrisonRape rapes at the hands of fellow inmates while in prison]]. Following that he became Swordfish's lover and regularly engaged in sexual activities with him. Not to mention he didn't seem to mind when Norman was hitting on him.
* [[CreepyChild Alois]] in the second season of ''{{Kuroshitsuji}}''. In the beginning of the first episode, Alois is shown with many bruises all over his body and marks around his ankles, and he is shown laying in bed naked next to an old guy who is also naked. Following that we see him do things like alternate between being AxCrazy and cute and innocent at the drop of a hat, treat his female maid like complete crap, act in a flamboyant manner, wear black stockings with high-heeled boots and very short shorts, act [[HoYay very attached]] to his butler Claude and pretty much flirts with Sebastian when he first meets him by leaning into him, smelling him and proclaiming that Sebastian "smells good". In the fifth episode he cross-dresses as a maid, pretty much tries to seduce Ciel and outright tells Ciel that he "wants" him.

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* Discussed in ''HowNOTToWriteANovel''. One small segment has you fill in the blank after each question with one of four responses, then scores your response based on how much of a cliche it was - '''In her childhood, the lesbian:''' "was sexually abused" is ranked as most cliché, with the others, in decreasing order, being "[[ButchLesbian liked to play with trucks, not dolls]]," "[[KissingCousins had a crush on her pretty aunt]]" and "[[RefugeInAudacity made porcupines cry with the sheer beauty of her knitting]]."

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* In the manga ''AfterSchoolNightmare'', DamselInDistress Kureha falls in love with protagonist Mashiro for this reason: she was raped when she was in kindergarten, and overheard her father saying some very brutal things to her mother, which lead her to severely distrust and hate men. So when she finds out that Mashiro is pretty much a [[{{Bifauxnen}} flat-chested girl that looks like a guy]], she falls in love with him/her.
* In ''HaruNatsuAkiFuyu'' both Natsuki and Fuyuka have an aversion to men due to traumatic past experiences, although it's never claimed that this is the cause of their lesbianism.

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