History Main / RapeAndSwitch

* [[CreepyChild Alois]] in the second season of ''Manga/BlackButler''. 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 man who likewise unclothed. This is confirmed in episode 8 where we see Lord Trancy made him is favorite SexSlave. Following that we see him do things like alternate between being AxCrazy and [[StepfordSmiler 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 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 and is a {{Yandere}} for him. This is only a partial example, since we don't know for certain that the rape ''caused'' his status as a DepravedHomosexual, but it's heavily implied that it lead to him becoming [[MindRape tremendously twisted,]] perhaps affecting his conceptions of sex worst of all.

An exception is fanfiction. Many fanfics ''love'' this trope, using it [[SturgeonsLaw to an absurd degree]]. Hentai and other pornographic stories involving some form of rape of a target whose sexuality is [[IncompatibleOrientation not in preference of the rapist's gender]] are often guilty of this as well. Related to CureYourGays (if the character embarks on pleasant heterosexual sex and consequently has a change of heart).

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* In one episode of the Netflix original series ''Series/OrangeIsTheNewBlack'', Vause threatens to rape Pennsatucky, and implies that [[HeteronormativeCrusader Pennsatucky]] will enjoy it so much that she will become gay. This is an unusual example in that it is a case where rape by another woman is implied to turn a woman gay, although it should be noted that this does not actually happen; Vause only threatens it.
** Should also be noted that Vause likely doesn't believe what she's saying, she's simply using Pennsatucky's deluded notions about gay people.

* ''Theatre/TheVaginaMonologues'' has rather controversial piece where a character is raped by men multiple times as a child... but becomes a lesbian because she is "healed" when seduced (while underage, making it statutory rape) by another woman. This piece is censored to remove lines like her declaring the experience to be "[[NotIfTheyEnjoyedItRationalization 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]]''. Some performances cut this monologue entirely because for many people, it makes the rest of the play almost unwatchable.

* ''ComicBook/ChickTracts'' have this trope [[IncrediblyLamePun up the ass]]. To the point that the change in sexual preference is explained by possession due to a 'demon of defilement' because of rape that occurred during their childhood. It's not just men turning gay, but it usually is.

It is NotASubversion when a rape survivor does not become gay, nor is it automatically played straight if a gay person reveals that they were sexually assaulted/abused in the past. Abuse survivors are as likely to be any sexual orientation as anyone else. For this reason, this trope is passing into DiscreditedTrope territory, as there is no single cause of homosexuality, forced or otherwise.

According to this trope, 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 based on the premise that heterosexuality is the "default" state, and that changes in interest ''only'' occur as a defensive psychological response to sexual trauma. The further implication is that this is unhealthy and the resulting addiction (for men) and revulsion (for women) interferes with a "normal" sex life.

It is NotASubversion when a rape survivor does not become gay, nor is it automatically played straight if it's revealed that a gay person was sexually assaulted/abused in the past. Perhaps for this reason, this trope is passing into DiscreditedTrope territory, as there is no single cause of being gay, forced or not, and abuse survivors are as likely to be any sexual orientation as anyone else.



An exception is fanfiction. Many fanfics ''love'' this trope, using it [[SturgeonsLaw to an absurd degree]]. Hentai stories involving some form of rape of a target whose sexuality is [[IncompatibleOrientation not in preference of the rapist's gender]] are often guilty of this as well. Related to CureYourGays (if the character embarks on pleasant heterosexual sex and consequently has a change of heart).

* [[CreepyChild Alois]] in the second season of ''Manga/BlackButler''. 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 man who likewise unclothed. Following that we see him do things like alternate between being AxCrazy and [[StepfordSmiler 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 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. This is only a partial example, since we don't know for certain that the rape ''caused'' his status as a DepravedHomosexual, but it's heavily implied that it lead to him becoming [[MindRape tremendously twisted,]] perhaps affecting his conceptions of sex worst of all.

* ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'': [[spoiler: Touga]] is raped by his stepfather in the movie which makes all his relationships with both men and women fall into nightmare territory. He [[TheCasanova goes through woman like tissue paper]], [[spoiler: sleeps with Miki in a scene hinting at dubious consent in the novels]], has a close relationship with his adoptive sister Nanami, has a thing for Utena (and approaches her in the novels after his 'scene' with Miki which makes Miki worry for her), and is implied to have slept with Akio. The relationship between Nanami and Touga especially falls into NoYay, thanks to her sheer obsession with him and the way he emotionally manipulates her. It all reaches a head in episode 32, in which Touga suddenly tries to rape Nanami in Akio's car (which she fights off in horror) and gets angry because if sex isn't what she wanted, then what does she want? Actually, the sheer level of bullshit he pulls on her in that episode is nightmarish in itself. This careens straight into fridge horror territory if you buy the theory that he was molested by his step father. That Touga's idea of family love has been so completely warped makes the entire mess between the two of them chilling, to say the least.
* Anri's past as a SexSlave in ''Manga/{{Adekan}}'' is implied to have had a hand in turning him into a psychotic DepravedBisexual that is so depraved he'll even go after a male panda.

* Rusty Godowski by the end of ''Myra Breckinridge''; his rapist is a woman.

* Averted in ''Literature/TheSwordOfTruth'' where Richard assumes one of the Mord-Sith became a lesbian after the "rape" section of her TrainingFromHell, to be informed that no, she was before this ordeal. One of the vanishingly rare instances of [[MartyStu Richard]] actually being wrong about something (note it happened in the first third of the series), as well as him wanting to keep her as a friend even though he wasn't sure about the morality of it. Of course, if TerryGoodkind believed this trope there wouldn't be [[AuthorAppeal any straight women left in his novels]].

* Tara from ''TrueBlood'' is dating a woman as of the fourth season. While it's explicitly stated that she's bi, there are still UnfortunateImplications that she only gave women a try because she was raped by a male vampire in season 3.

* Creator/AnneMcCaffrey's ''Literature/DragonridersOfPern'' series. [=McCaffrey=] herself once said in [[http://www.journalfen.net/community/fandom_wank/187049.html an interview]] that being anally penetrated will cause a man to become gay and mentioned that she once a knew a guy who [[SuddenlySexuality became gay]] after being raped with a tent-peg. The tent-peg story has undergone much MemeticMutation, especially in {{fanfic}} criticism circles where a tent-peg will often be blamed if a character in a fic inexplicably switches orientation. Make comparisons to trying to fit [[IncrediblyLamePun round pegs into square holes]] at your own discretion.

Finally, there's the [[TruthInTelevision real life]] hate crime of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corrective_rape corrective rape]], where the victim is raped in order to force conformity for the social norms of the place and time; commonly but not exclusively targeted at homosexuals in order to [[CureYourGays turn them heterosexual]]. Some men who were raped/molested as boys, thinking they did something to attract the rapist, report coming to the conclusion that they must be gay and behaving accordingly in adult life.

It is NotASubversion when a rape survivor does not become gay, nor is it automatically played straight if it's revealed that a gay person was sexually assaulted/abused in the past. Perhaps for this reason, this trope is passing into DiscreditedTrope territory, as there is no single cause of homosexuality, forced or not, and abuse survivors are as likely to be any sexual orientation as anyone else.

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

* In the Creator/PaulVerhoeven 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 ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi''. Then he saw this. The rest is history.

* Creator/AnneMcCaffrey's ''Literature/DragonridersOfPern'' series. [=McCaffrey=] herself once said in [[http://www.journalfen.net/community/fandom_wank/187049.html an interview]] that being anally penetrated will cause a man to become homosexual and mentioned that she once a knew a guy who [[SuddenlySexuality became gay]] after being raped with a tent-peg. The tent-peg story has undergone much MemeticMutation, especially in {{fanfic}} criticism circles where a tent-peg will often be blamed if a character in a fic inexplicably switches orientation. Make comparisons to trying to fit [[IncrediblyLamePun round pegs into square holes]] at your own discretion.

** Should also be noted that Vause likely doesn't believe what she's saying, she's simply using Pennsatucky's deluded notions about homosexuality.

Finally, there's the [[TruthInTelevision real life]] hate crime of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corrective_rape corrective rape]], where the victim is raped in order to force conformity for the social norms of the place and time; commonly but not exclusively targeted at homosexuals in order to [[CureYourGays turn them heterosexual]].

* Legato Bluesummers from the ''Manga/{{Trigun}}'' manga is shown to have been raped (possibly numerous times) by the town mayor, or someone like a mayor. After he gets rescued by Knives he is later seen being only attracted to and in love with men (namely Knives and possibly [[FoeYay Vash]].)[[note]]Though [[TwinThreesomeFantasy that could be considered]] SingleTargetSexuality.[[/note]]

* ''Theatre/TheVaginaMonologues'' has rather controversial piece where a character is raped by men multiple times as a child...but becomes a lesbian because she is "healed" when seduced (while underage, making it statutory rape) by another woman. This piece is censored to remove lines like her declaring the experience to be "[[NotIfTheyEnjoyedItRationalization 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]]''. Some performances cut this monologue entirely because for many people, it makes the rest of the play almost unwatchable.

* [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] in ''ButImACheerleader'' when Jan says that she's actually straight and that she was just sent to the camp because she's butch, but the counselors told her that she ''has'' to be lesbian because she was molested as a child.

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* The victims of [[spoiler:Woody Goodman]] on ''Series/VeronicaMars''. Of the 4 we know about, one was definitely gay, another was sexually "on the fence" (as another character put it), and one... well... it's subject to AlternateCharacterInterpretation, but there's definitely subtext. The fourth victim we know about (or was strongly implied) doesn't have his sexuality brought into the whole thing, but he was less important than the first 3.
* Beecher from ''Series/{{OZ}}'' becomes bisexual after being raped in prison.
* Implied by Mike Tyson in a press conference, where he responded to a (male) heckler in the crowd with "I'll fuck you 'til you love me, faggot!"
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* Happens in Creator/ChuckPalahniuk's novel ''Literature/{{Pygmy}}''. This may be some kind of commentary on this phenomenon in fiction since Chuck Palahniuk himself is gay and has written several gay characters before.

* The now-infamous ''Hamlet's Father'' by ''Creator/OrsonScottCard'' has as part of its backstory Hamlet's father raping pretty much the entire male cast (except maybe Claudius and Polonious), turning the lot of them gay. This is why Hamlet's insane. Also, [[spoiler:Horatio killed Hamlet's dad as revenge for the aforementioned orientation-destroy sodomy]]. And now you know where all the scorn came from.

* The now-infamous ''Hamlet's Father'' by ''Creator/OrsonScottCard'' has as part of its backstory Hamlet's father raping pretty much the entire male cast (except maybe Polonious), turning the lot of them gay. This is why Hamlet's insane. Also, [[spoiler:Laertes killed Hamlet's dad as revenge for the aforementioned orientation-destroy sodomy]]. And now you know where all the scorn came from.

* Relatively justified in IlivaisX, because for Iriana, straight sex would feel the same as getting repeatedly electrocuted for anyone else (due to inverting reception of pain and pleasure), which she found out the hard way. Several times. Before the age of 15. It makes sense that for her to enjoy any kind of intimacy at all, it would have be with a girl simply because the painful aspect isn't even possible.

* ''TheVaginaMonologues'' has rather controversial piece where a character is raped by men multiple times as a child...but becomes a lesbian because she is "healed" when seduced (while underage, making it statutory rape) by another woman. This piece is censored to remove lines like her declaring the experience to be "[[NotIfTheyEnjoyedItRationalization 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]]''. Some performances cut this monologue entirely because for many people, it makes the rest of the play almost unwatchable.

* Legato Bluesummers from the ''{{Trigun}}'' manga is shown to have been raped (possibly numerous times) by the town mayor, or someone like a mayor. After he gets rescued by Knives he is later seen being only attracted to and in love with men (namely Knives and possibly [[FoeYay Vash]].)[[note]]Though [[TwinThreesomeFantasy that could be considered]] SingleTargetSexuality.[[/note]]
* Suzu from the ''PeacemakerKurogane'' manga. He was "adopted" by a rich old man and raped. [[UnfortunateImplications This apparently caused him to become homosexual]] (as well as 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."

* ''SakuraGari'': Definitely [[spoiler: Masataka]] is going this way, but he manages to ''just'' scrape through on a subversion in that [[spoiler: Masataka ''was'' turned on when Souma hit on him in the library back in the very first chapter, indicating at least [[BiTheWay some kind of attraction before that point]] ]], but it still swerves close enough to this trope played straight to be a little [[UnfortunateImplications uncomfortable]]. The fact that their relationship before this point was rather more pure and platonic with serious HoYay subtext could also be seen as another way this trope was subverted. It's still not a nice outcome for the poor boy, though.

* Holly, from Rubyfruit Jungle, was [[NotIfTheyEnjoyedItRationalization raped by her female roommate]], which helped her realize that was a lesbian.

* Pussy Galore in the novel ''Literature/{{Goldfinger}}'' became a lsebian after she was molested by her uncle as a child. She "changes back" when Literature/JamesBond's appearance seduces her. In an interview, when discussing inspirations for playing her character, the actress who played Pussy Galore 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."

An exception is fanfiction. Many fanfics ''love'' this trope, using it [[SturgeonsLaw to an absurd degree]]. Hentai stories involving some form of rape of a target whose sexuality is [[IncompatibleOrientation not in preference of the rapist's gender]] are often guilty of this this as well. Related to CureYourGays (if the character embarks on pleasant heterosexual sex and consequently has a change of heart).

* In ''Literature/IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream'', Benny was gay, before meeting AM. However, it should be noted that AM is a psychotic almost physical god, who tortured him for a thousand years, made him from beautiful to looking like a monkey, and exaggerated his [[MurderArsonandJaywalking sexual]] [[BiggerisBetterinBed organs]].

* This is assumed (by the other characters) to be the case with Beethoven in ''DogSeesGod''. Even after [[spoiler:he enters a relationship with CB]] it's unclear.