| 1 | ''All about gender and sexual identity. For romance, see LoveTropes. For eroticism and sexual behavior, see SexTropes.'' For tropes that bend gender lines, see GenderBlendingTropes. |
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| 3 | [[index]] |
| 4 | [floatboxright: |
| 5 | '''Categories:''' |
| 6 | + AlwaysFemale |
| 7 | ++ FemininityTropes |
| 8 | +++ WomenAreDelicate |
| 9 | + AlwaysMale |
| 10 | ++ MasculinityTropes |
| 11 | +++ MenAreTough |
| 12 | + DoubleStandard |
| 13 | + GenderDynamicsIndex |
| 14 | + LoveTropes |
| 15 | + QueerAsTropes |
| 16 | ++ BisexualityTropes |
| 17 | ++ GenderBlendingTropes |
| 18 | ++ HomophobiaIndex |
| 19 | ++ TransgenderTropes |
| 20 | + SexTropes |
| 21 | + UnisexTropes |
| 22 | ] |
| 23 | !!Gender-dividing tropes: |
| 24 | * BizarreSexualDimorphism: When the males and females of the same species are wildly different, occasionally going to the point of them seeming to be a completely different animal. |
| 25 | * GameFavoredGender: In a game where you can pick your character's gender, one gender is considered more useful than the other. |
| 26 | * GenderedOutfit: A character that has a {{Gender Flip}}ped or [[DistaffCounterpart Distaff/Spear Counterpart]] will have gender-specific changes on their outfit. |
| 27 | * GenderEqualsBreed: When two animals have children, the male offspring will resemble their father and the female offspring will resemble their mother. |
| 28 | * GenderIncompetence: One gender is viewed as more competent than the other. |
| 29 | * GenderNonconformingEqualsGay: If a person doesn't "conform" to traditional male or female standards, they must be gay (or queer). |
| 30 | * GenderRestrictedAbility: Only men (or only women) can use the AppliedPhlebotinum or a particularly special technique. |
| 31 | * GenderRestrictedGear: Certain items can only be used/equipped by characters of a specific gender. |
| 32 | * GirlsVsBoysPlot: A stock plot, where boys and girls fight in a battle of the genders. In this case, they're divided by the nature of the competition. |
| 33 | * MenBuyFromMarsWomenBuyFromVenus |
| 34 | * MenLikeDogsWomenLikeCats |
| 35 | * MenswearGhetto: Female-only clothing outnumbers male-only clothing. |
| 36 | * SlidingScaleOfGenderInequality: A scale that examines how the relationships between men and women are portrayed in fiction. |
| 37 | * UnisexSeriesGenderedMerchandise |
| 38 | * TertiarySexualCharacteristics: Females have eyelashes, lipstick and/or bows to distinguish them from males. |
| 39 | !!Other Tropes: |
| 40 | * ActionGirl: [[ChewBubblegum Kick butts and chew bubblegum]]. |
| 41 | * AdaptationalSexuality: An adaptation changes a character's sexual orientation. |
| 42 | * AdoptingTheGenderBinary: A member of a race without a concept of binary gender transitions to a binary gender/the opposite binary gender. |
| 43 | * AffirmativeActionGirl: A female character is added to a team for the sake of diversity. |
| 44 | * AllAbusersAreMale: A work always depicts men as being guilty of domestic abuse. |
| 45 | * AmbiguousGender: When the gender of a character is unclear. |
| 46 | * AmbiguousGenderIdentity: When the gender identity of a character is unclear. |
| 47 | * ArmouredClosetGay: A man who is vocally homophobic turns out to be a closeted gay man. |
| 48 | * AttractiveBentGender: GenderBender with the person (usually a man) becoming sexier after the transformation. |
| 49 | * BeerGoggles: Being drunk causes a person to see someone as more attractive than they actually are and/or flirt with them. |
| 50 | * BestWoman: A bride and groom have friends of the opposite sex fill the role of best man and maid of honor. |
| 51 | * BigBeautifulMan: A heavyset man who is considered attractive. |
| 52 | * BigBeautifulWoman: A heavyset woman who is considered attractive. |
| 53 | * BiWildered: Confusion about one's own or another's bisexuality |
| 54 | * BizarreAlienReproduction: Aliens reproduce differently from Earth organisms. |
| 55 | * BizarreAlienSexes: Aliens have different genders or more genders than humans do. |
| 56 | * BodySushi: Sushi being eaten while it's on a naked woman lying down. |
| 57 | * BoyfriendBluff: A man pretends to be a girl's boyfriend to protect her from predators. |
| 58 | * TheBroCode: A set of unspoken rules between guys. |
| 59 | * BrosBeforeHoes: Putting your friend before your love-interest. |
| 60 | * BuryYourGays: Gay people get killed. |
| 61 | * ButNotTooBi: Someone is bisexual but seems to favor a particular sex. |
| 62 | * ButNotTooGay: Gay couples aren't seen doing romantic or sexual things as much as straight ones. |
| 63 | * ButchLesbian: A lesbian who looks and acts stereotypically tough and masculine. |
| 64 | * CampGay: A male homosexual who looks and acts stereotypically soft and feminine. |
| 65 | * CampStraight: A male heterosexual with stereotypical feminine traits. |
| 66 | * CannotTalkToWomen: A guy who has trouble talking to girls. |
| 67 | * TheCasanova: A man who strings along many love interests, but is not in a serious relationship with any of them. |
| 68 | * CastFullOfGay: Most if not all of the cast is some manner of LGBT, usually gay. |
| 69 | * CastFullOfPrettyBoys: A cast full of pretty/handsome young men. |
| 70 | * CategoryTraitor (The GenderTraitor variant) |
| 71 | * {{Chickification}}: An action-oriented female becomes more girly and helpless. |
| 72 | * ChromosomeCasting: The characters are either all male or all female. |
| 73 | * ClosetGay: A character is hiding their true orientation. |
| 74 | * CoaxThemOutOfTheCloset: A character's friends try to get them to come out of the closet. |
| 75 | * ComingOfAgeQueerRomance: A character in their late tweens or early teens realizes they're queer and gets together with another queer character. |
| 76 | * ComingOutStory: A LGBT character comes out of the closet and reveals their sexual identity to their friends, family, and associates. |
| 77 | * ComingOutToSpouse: An LGBTQ+ character comes out to their spouse. |
| 78 | * ComingStraightStory: A straight character has to reveal to gay friends and people who assumed them to be gay that they are not gay. |
| 79 | * CommonHollywoodSexTraits: Sex works in an unrealistic way in movies. - Rogue launched trope; restore once properly relaunched. |
| 80 | * CreepyCrossdresser: Crossdressing characters (often men) portrayed as evil or deranged. |
| 81 | * CripplingCastration: Mutilating or destroying a person's genitals. |
| 82 | * CrotchGlanceSexCheck: Seeing an animal's crotch to find out their sex. |
| 83 | * CrotchGrabSexCheck: Grabbing a person's crotch to find out their sex. |
| 84 | * CureYourGays: People attempt to "cure" homosexuality under the belief that having a sexual orientation other than straight is an illness. |
| 85 | * DateMyAvatar: A person creates a fake version of themselves for the sake of dating or misleading people online. |
| 86 | * DepravedBisexual: A bisexual person whose malevolence is expected or made worse for being bisexual. |
| 87 | * DepravedHomosexual: A gay man whose malevolence is expected or made worse for being homosexual. |
| 88 | * DiscountLesbians: Nonhuman characters used to represent a homosexual relationship. |
| 89 | * DisguisedInDrag: Any scenario where a man dresses as a woman for purposes of disguise. |
| 90 | * DoesNotLikeMen: A woman doesn't like men. |
| 91 | * DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: Female abusers and male victims aren't treated in the same level of seriousness as male abusers and female victims. |
| 92 | * DraggedIntoDrag: Girls love helping boys dress as girls. |
| 93 | * DudeLooksLikeALady: A feminine-looking man is mistaken for a woman. |
| 94 | * EffeminateMisogynisticGuy: A misogynistic man who ironically acts very feminine. |
| 95 | * EntitledToHaveYou: Someone believes that they are more deserving of the person they're attracted to than the one the person truly loves. |
| 96 | * EternalSexualFreedom: Characters do something sexual that was not allowed in the time period they're set in, and it's not mentioned not to be allowed. |
| 97 | * EvenTheGirlsWantHer: A woman is so beautiful that even other women desire her. |
| 98 | * EvenTheGuysWantHim: A man is so attractive that even other men desire him. |
| 99 | * EveryoneIsBi: Gender does not factor into the characters' formation of relationships. |
| 100 | * EverybodyIsSingle: A majority of the cast is not married or in a relationship. |
| 101 | * EverybodyWantsTheHermaphrodite: An intersex character has the most admirers. |
| 102 | * EunuchsAreEvil: People who have had their sex organs removed are depicted as villains. |
| 103 | * ExperimentedInCollege: Someone who currently identifies as straight pursued same-sex relationships when they were in school. |
| 104 | * ExtraYExtraViolent: A Y chromosome is supposedly linked to aggression, so an extra one leads to extra aggression (naturally, women are exempt). |
| 105 | * ExtremeOmnisexual: A character will have sex with ''anyone and anything'', no limits. |
| 106 | * FagHag: A woman who hangs around with gay men. |
| 107 | * FakePeriodExcuse: Someone fakes being on her period to get out of a situation surreptitiously. |
| 108 | * FauxYay: An extended ruse where characters pretend to be gay. |
| 109 | * FauxActionGirl: A supposedly a [[ActionGirl female badass]], but it's only an InformedAttribute. |
| 110 | * FavorsForTheSexy: A beautiful character (usually female) compels those around them to pamper them or give them things. |
| 111 | * FemaleGaze: Scenes where the camera focuses on the male anatomy to entice female viewers. |
| 112 | * {{Fembot}}: A female-looking robot. |
| 113 | * FemininityFailure: A {{Tomboy}} tries to be feminine but can't pull it off. |
| 114 | * FeministFantasy: A story which is about a woman, or women in general, who are major characters making things happen of their own agency and volition and saving the day under their own power (likely literal "superpower"). |
| 115 | * FemalesAreMoreInnocent: Females are portrayed as being more innocent than males. |
| 116 | * FinalGirl: A female character who survives the story while everyone else dies. |
| 117 | * FlawlessToken: The female or gay character can do no wrong. |
| 118 | * FoeRomanceSubtext: A pair of rivals/enemies are intentionally given romantic {{subtext}} in their interactions. |
| 119 | * ForcedOutOfTheCloset: A closeted gay person is outed against their will. |
| 120 | * GayBestFriend: A character has a friend whose only notable quality is that they are gay. |
| 121 | * GayOption: A video game makes it possible for same-sex relations to occur. |
| 122 | * GayPanic: A character's real or perceived homosexuality is toned down to appease MoralGuardians. |
| 123 | * GayRomanticPhase: A character is only gay for a while before " growing up" and becoming straight. |
| 124 | * {{Gayborhood}}: A neighborhood inhabited by gay people. |
| 125 | * {{Gayngster}}: A gay gangster. |
| 126 | * GenderEqualEnsemble: The cast has an equal number of male characters and female characters. |
| 127 | * GenderInvertedTrope: Trope specific to one gender is used with the other in mind. |
| 128 | * GenderIsNoObject: Many jobs in fiction are equal-opportunity, even if they weren't in real life. |
| 129 | * GenderNormativeParentPlot: A boy/girl's femininity/masculinity causes a conflict with their parents. |
| 130 | * GenderRarityValue: A person who is valuable because they are the only surviving member of their gender. |
| 131 | * GenderReveal: A character's true gender is revealed. |
| 132 | * GenderScoff: Expressing frustration in dealing with the opposite sex. |
| 133 | * GenderSeparatedEnsembleEpisode: Characters split up on the basis of gender for an installment. |
| 134 | * GenderedInsult: An insult having to do with a person's gender. |
| 135 | * {{Gendercide}}: An entire gender is exterminated. |
| 136 | * GetBackInTheCloset: When a work jumps up the rough framework for what's "inappropriate" because it contains gay content. |
| 137 | * GirlsHaveCooties: Boys refuse to hang around girls on account of them possessing a "virus". |
| 138 | * GirlsLoveChocolate: All women love chocolate, especially if they're a GirlyGirl. |
| 139 | * GirlinessUpgrade: A tomboy becomes more feminine as time goes on. |
| 140 | * GuysAreSlobs: Men are stereotyped as being messy and unhygienic. |
| 141 | * HarmlessLadyDisguise: A man disguises himself as a lady to avoid suspicion. |
| 142 | * HatesWearingDresses: A woman doesn't like wearing dresses. |
| 143 | * HaveIMentionedIAmGay: A work repeatedly says a character is gay, but we never see them engage in homosexual activities. |
| 144 | * HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday: A character who displays non-conforming or homoerotic behavior feels compelled to remind everyone that they're straight. |
| 145 | * HeManWomanHater: A man who is an over-the-top misogynist. |
| 146 | * HereditaryHomosexuality: Homo- or bisexuality runs in families. |
| 147 | * TheHeroDoesntKillTheVillainess: Female villains either survive while their male counterparts die or are killed by someone/something other than the hero. |
| 148 | * HeteronormativeCrusader: A homophobic activist who fights against what they view as sexual deviancy. |
| 149 | * HideYourLesbians: Homosexual relationships/people hidden under a veil of subtext. |
| 150 | * HighHeelFaceTurn: The [[SmurfettePrinciple sole female villain]] ends up reforming. |
| 151 | * HoYay: Two characters of the same gender interact in ways that fans can interpret as indicating that the characters are a couple. |
| 152 | * HomosexualReproduction: Two people of the same gender manage to produce a child. |
| 153 | * HomosocialHeterosexuality: Women are passive things for men to fight, barter, or haggle over. |
| 154 | * IfItsYouItsOkay: A character falls for someone of a gender they're not normally attracted to. |
| 155 | * IHaveBoobsYouMustObey: A woman tries to use her breasts to persuade men. |
| 156 | * IHaveBrothers: A female character who learned male oriented skills from her brothers. |
| 157 | * ImAManICantHelpIt: Men have limited self-control when it comes to sexual arousal. |
| 158 | * ImprobablyFemaleCast: For some reason, there are next to no men in this setting. Women do everything, plain and simple. |
| 159 | * IncompatibleOrientation: Someone is attracted to a person who doesn't swing the same way they do. |
| 160 | * IntimacyViaHorror: Females are stereotyped as being unable to experience sources of horror without being scared out of their minds, and when they're dating a male, he'll use this as an opportunity to comfort her for the sake of romance. |
| 161 | * TheLadette: A girl with stereotypical boorish masculine traits. |
| 162 | * LadyLand: A female dominated society where men are either subservient or absent. |
| 163 | * LadyLooksLikeADude: A masculine-looking woman is mistaken for a man. |
| 164 | * ALadyOnEachArm: A man is shown with each arm around a woman. |
| 165 | * LastHetRomance: A character realizes that they're gay after a failed heterosexual relationship. |
| 166 | * LateComingOut: A character comes out as queer later in life. |
| 167 | * LegCling: A StockPose in which a powerful man stands in a dominant fashion while a woman (usually under-dressed) clings to his leg in submissive, helpless fashion. |
| 168 | * LesbianJock: A lesbian who plays sports. |
| 169 | * LesbianVampire: A female vampire who preys on young women. |
| 170 | * LessEmbarrassingTerm: A character finds the word for something embarrassing, so they insist on calling it something else. |
| 171 | * LGBTFanbase: A work of fiction that has gay fans. |
| 172 | * LightGirlDarkBoy: When in a GenderBender situation, the boy has darker skin and the girl a lighter one. |
| 173 | * LipstickLesbian: A lesbian who acts feminine. |
| 174 | * LovableSexManiac: A sex-crazed person whose benevolent is expected or PlayedForLaughs for being likable. |
| 175 | * MadonnaWhoreComplex: Women are either respectable and prude virgins or disgusting whores! There is no such thing as a woman who is in-between! |
| 176 | * MagicalQueer: A (usually [[CampGay camp]]) gay man who is CloserToEarth. |
| 177 | * MaleBandFemaleSinger: A band with one female member who's the singer. |
| 178 | * MaleGaze: Scenes where the camera is focused on a woman's breasts and/or butt to entice male viewers. |
| 179 | * MaleToFemaleUniversalAdaptor: Aliens with human genitals. |
| 180 | * AManIsAlwaysEager: Men always want sex. |
| 181 | * MasculineFeminineAndrogyneTrio: Evening out the gender ratio by grouping a masculine character, a feminine character, and an androgynous character together. |
| 182 | * MasculineFeminineGayCouple: A gay couple where one acts masculine and the other acts feminine. |
| 183 | * MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: A pairing consisting of a girl who acts masculine and a boy who acts feminine. |
| 184 | * MasculineLinesFeminineCurves: Curves are visibly softer and more delicate than lines, which makes them perfect for drawing women while straight lines are perfect for drawing men. |
| 185 | * {{Matriarchy}}: A state or society where women are in positions of power and men have little or no role in its affairs. |
| 186 | * MenAreBetterThanWomen: Men are more all-around capable, reliable, or flat out superior, than women. |
| 187 | * MenAreStrongWomenArePretty: The primary virtue of a man is to be strong, capable, tough and daring. The primary virtue for a woman is to look pretty. |
| 188 | * MenAreTheExpendableGender: Male death and suffering is regarded as less important than female death and suffering. |
| 189 | * MenAreTough: The man is portrayed as a tough being. |
| 190 | * MenAreUncultured: Men love sports and hate opera, classical music, and visual arts. |
| 191 | * MenGetOldWomenGetReplaced: After the characters have aged up, the male characters seem to be still around and active in the story, while women have moved on, settled down, or have simply died/disappeared. |
| 192 | * MenstrualMenace: Weirdness ensues as a girl gets her period. |
| 193 | * MentorInQueerness: A, usually older, out character who acts as support for a newly-out or questioning character. |
| 194 | * MistakenForGay: Someone is incorrectly assumed to be gay. |
| 195 | * MistakenForMisogynist: A man accidentally says or does something that could be interpreted as sexist. |
| 196 | * MonogenderMonsters: A male (or female) hero will fight monsters of the same gender. |
| 197 | * MoreDeadlyThanTheMale: The female is more dangerous than the male. |
| 198 | * MostFanficWritersAreGirls: If a work brings up fanfiction, it'll most likely fall into the romance genre, and the author(s) will be a girl. |
| 199 | * MostGamersAreMale: Men are the usual demographic when one thinks of "gamers", owing partly to their competitive nature, physical demands, and violent and/or sexual content. |
| 200 | * MostWritersAreMale: Most published writers are male, so male protagonists, all-male teams, and misconceptions regarding women are more prevalent. |
| 201 | * MotherNatureFatherScience: Nature is caring and feminine, Science is industrious and masculine. |
| 202 | * MotherhoodIsSuperior: Women are better parents than men. |
| 203 | * MoustacheDePlume: A pen name used to conceal gender. |
| 204 | * MyGirlIsNotASlut: Sexually promiscuous women are seen as dirty, but sexually promiscuous men are seen as cool. |
| 205 | * NatureAdoresAVirgin: Virgins are highly desirable. |
| 206 | * NeverASelfMadeWoman: Female characters in positions of power got there through their connections to more important men. |
| 207 | * NippleAndDimed: Female nipples get censored. |
| 208 | * NoBiologicalSex: A being that does not biologically have a sex, but may still identify with a gender. |
| 209 | * NoBisexuals: There are no bisexuals, only straight people and gay/lesbian people. |
| 210 | * NoHeterosexualSexAllowed: To solve an overpopulation problem, a government forbids heterosexual sex. |
| 211 | * NoPeriodsPeriod: A female character is incapable of going through her menstrual cycle. |
| 212 | * NoWomansLand: The world outside of the safe place the woman lives is deeply misogynistic and dangerous. |
| 213 | * NonHeteronormativeSociety: A culture or society with decidedly non-Western views of gender and sexuality. |
| 214 | * NonHumanNonBinary: A non-binary character is also a non-human character. |
| 215 | * NotThatTheresAnythingWrongWithThat: A backpedaling move to avoid being viewed as homophobic. |
| 216 | * OldFriendNewGender: An old friend that you haven't seen in a while has had a sex change. |
| 217 | * {{Omegaverse}}: A setting where humans have a secondary sex (alpha, beta or omega). |
| 218 | * OneGenderRace: A race consisting of only one gender. |
| 219 | * OneGenderSchool: A sex-segregated educational institute. |
| 220 | * TheOneGuy: The one male member of a group otherwise composed of females. |
| 221 | * OnlyHasSameSexAdmirers: A character attracts people of the same sex but never anyone of the opposite sex. |
| 222 | * OtokonokoGenre: A Japanese genre of romantic/erotic stories focusing on male crossdressers. |
| 223 | * OutfitRipSexCheck: A character is made to have their sex revealed by having their clothing ripped off. |
| 224 | * OutOfTheClosetIntoTheFire: After a character comes out they are quickly killed, harmed, or cosmically punished. |
| 225 | * PaleFemalesDarkMales: Female non-human characters have lighter-colored bodies than male ones. |
| 226 | * ParalyzingFearOfSexuality: A character desires romance and/or sex, but is too afraid of sexuality. |
| 227 | * PassFail: When trying to live life as another demographic proves unsuccessful. |
| 228 | * PinkGirlBlueBoy: Males are associated with the color blue, while females are associated with pink. |
| 229 | * PinkIsErotic: The color pink represents eroticism and scenes of a sexual nature. Although this is generally associated with women, men are rarely associated with pink. |
| 230 | * PlatonicBoyGirlHeroes: A duo consisting of a young boy and girl who are required to work together. |
| 231 | * PsychosexualHorror: A subgenre that explores psychosexual development as a subject matter, including themes of sexual development and sexual activities. |
| 232 | * PragmaticPansexuality: Often going against a character's sexuality to sleep with others in an effort to achieve their goals. |
| 233 | * PreserveYourGays: A queer character is almost killed, but survives in the end. |
| 234 | * PrideParade: An annual parade (and subsequent festival) celebrating LGBTQ life and culture. |
| 235 | * PromiscuityAfterRape: A character who became [[ReallyGetsAround sexually promiscuous]] as the result of [[RapeAsBackstory being sexually abused in the past]]. |
| 236 | * PropertyOfLove: When being in love makes you essentially your lover's property. |
| 237 | * PsychoLesbian: A mentally unhinged lesbian, mostly motivated by unrequited love for a straight female character. |
| 238 | * PurelyAestheticGender: When a video game gives the option to play as a female character, the only significant difference from playing as a male character is the player character's physical appearance. |
| 239 | * QueerCharacterQueerActor: A gay character is played by a gay actor, or a trans character is played by a trans actor, etc. |
| 240 | * QueerPeopleAreFunny: Homosexuality is funny. |
| 241 | * QuestionableConsent: It's unclear whether or not someone gave consent to have sex with another. |
| 242 | * QuicklyDemotedWoman: Getting our strong, successful woman out of the way so we can make way for the male lead by making them trade roles. |
| 243 | * RainbowLens: A character has a queerness-unrelated trait that can be interpreted as a metaphor for queerness. |
| 244 | * RaisedAsTheOppositeGender: A character is raised as if they were the opposite gender. |
| 245 | * RaisedByDudes: A girl grew up surrounded by masculine role models (father, uncles, older brothers, etc) and becomes like them for lack of a feminine role model. |
| 246 | * RapeAndSwitch: The idea that getting raped can change a person's sexual orientation. |
| 247 | * ARealManIsAKiller: A man discovers that he must kill something in order to prove his worth. |
| 248 | * RealMenEatMeat: Men who don't eat meat are looked down upon. |
| 249 | * RealMenHateAffection: Men who don't like hugs or other forms of affection. |
| 250 | * RealMenHateSugar: It is considered manly to abstain from sweets. |
| 251 | * RealWomenDontWearDresses: Traditionally feminine women are depicted as weak, worthless, and incompetent. |
| 252 | * RealWomenHaveCurves: Relatable female characters have WeightWoe. |
| 253 | * SamusIsAGirl: An ActionHero is subsequently revealed to be an ActionGirl. |
| 254 | * SecondarySexualCharacteristics: Elements of a creature's physiology that result from it being male or female. |
| 255 | * SettledForGay: A woman settles for marrying a gay man. |
| 256 | * {{Sexbot}}: A robot built for the purpose of humans having sex with it. |
| 257 | * SexistUsedCarSalesman: A man sells a used car to a woman they think doesn't know anything about cars. |
| 258 | * SexualDevianceIsEvil: Having a sexual behavior or orientation outside of the norm is associated with evil. |
| 259 | * SexyScandinavian: A hot, exoticized Scandinavian. |
| 260 | * SexyManInstantHarem: A man who is TheCasanova will often attract women. |
| 261 | * ShowingUpChauvinists: A woman surprises others by performing well in a traditionally male-dominated field. |
| 262 | * SingleTargetSexuality: Someone is only attracted to a specific person. |
| 263 | * SissyVillain: A villain who acts effeminate. |
| 264 | * SituationalSexuality: Someone normally heterosexual will become homosexual if there aren't any members of the opposite gender around to placate their lust. |
| 265 | * SlutShaming: Attacking a person for being promiscuous. |
| 266 | * TheSmurfettePrinciple: The one female member of a group otherwise consisting of males. |
| 267 | * SomeOfMyBestFriendsAreX: Claiming to have friends from a certain group, and then make offensive comments about their group when they're not around. |
| 268 | * SourPrudes: Someone is prudish and looks down on people who like sex. |
| 269 | * SpeculativeFictionLGBT: LGBT people feature a lot in sci-fi and fantasy. |
| 270 | * StarringSmurfette: The main character is a different gender from the rest of the cast. |
| 271 | * StayInTheKitchen: When a character or the narrative insists that women should be barred from action and stay on the sidelines. |
| 272 | * StereotypeReactionGag: Someone is offended by a stereotypical assumption, only to then immediately demonstrate it. |
| 273 | * StopBeingStereotypical: Wishing that other members of your group would stop acting like walking clichés. |
| 274 | * SweepsWeekLesbianKiss: Promoting a same-sex kiss as a Ratings Stunt, regardless of context. |
| 275 | * SweetOnPollyOliver: Straight guy find another guy attractive... because that other "guy" is actually a girl. |
| 276 | * SweetPollyOliver: A female character dresses up as a man to accomplish some end. |
| 277 | * SympatheticAdulterer: Someone cheats on their spouse and is treated as if being unfaithful was the right thing to do. |
| 278 | * TamponRun: A man has to buy tampons for a menstruating woman. |
| 279 | * TerritorialSmurfette: The sole female character will get antagonistic toward any new female who tries to join the group. |
| 280 | * ThereAreNoGirlsOnTheInternet: The idea that all women on the Internet are actually men pretending to be women. |
| 281 | * ThreesomeSubtext: Subtext about the possibility of a shared romantic and/or sexual relationship between three characters. |
| 282 | * TokenLesbian: The only member of a group who is a lesbian. |
| 283 | * TomboynessUpgrade: A GirlyGirl becomes more tomboyish as time goes on. |
| 284 | * TransCharacterCisActor: A transgender or non-binary character being played by a cisgender performer. |
| 285 | * TransChaser: A cis character has a fetish for transgender or gender-nonconforming people. |
| 286 | * TransEqualsGay: The mistaken belief that a {{UsefulNotes/Transgender}} person is just a gay person that "leveled up." |
| 287 | * TransEqualsHypersexual: Transgender or gender-nonconforming characters are depicted as having an ExtremeLibido, no sexual boundaries, [[FetishesAreWeird bizarre kinks]], or otherwise over-the-top sexual proclivities. |
| 288 | * TransparentCloset: Someone denies being gay, but does a very poor job of hiding their sexuality. |
| 289 | * TwoGirlsToATeam: A team otherwise consisting of males has two female members. |
| 290 | * UglySlavicWomen: Eastern European women are hideous and masculine-looking. |
| 291 | * UnexpectedVirgin: Someone who's revealed as a virgin and it comes as a surprise. |
| 292 | * TheUnfairSex: Female characters get away with shenanigans that male characters could not or wouldn't even ''dare'' to try. |
| 293 | * UnsettlingGenderReveal: The confusion caused by the person a character was crushing on turning out to be the opposite gender of what they assumed. |
| 294 | * UrbanLegendLoveLife: A character is rumored to have had numerous romantic partners. |
| 295 | * UsedToBeATomboy: A GirlyGirl who used to be a tomboy in the past. |
| 296 | * VanityIsFeminine: Femininity means being shallow, envious, and obsessed with beauty. |
| 297 | * VirginShaming: Attacking a person just because they never had sexual intercourse. |
| 298 | * WantedAGenderConformingChild: Parents take issue with their son or daughter not conforming to traditional gender stereotypes. |
| 299 | * WantedASonInstead: A parent is upset that they have a daughter instead of a son. |
| 300 | * WetBlanketWife: The wife who nags her husband to not endanger himself too much and to think about his family. |
| 301 | * WhereEverybodyKnowsYourFlame: A gay bar/club will always be ''very'' gay. |
| 302 | * WhichRestroomDilemma: Someone has trouble deciding which restroom they should use. |
| 303 | * WhiteMaleLead: In Western Media, more often than not the protagonist is a White guy. |
| 304 | * WholesomeCrossdresser: Positive or neutral depiction of crossdresser characters. |
| 305 | * WomanlinessAsPathos: Women inherently cause drama or intense feelings. |
| 306 | * WomenAreDelicate: The belief that women by nature are very vulnerable. |
| 307 | * WomenAreWiser: Women are depicted as more intelligent and rational than men. |
| 308 | * WomensMysteries: How to handle menstruation, and maybe also how to do magic. |
| 309 | * WondrousLadiesRoom: In fiction, the ladies' room takes on a kind of mystique. |
| 310 | * WrongGeneticSex: A character's genetic sex doesn't match their actual gender. |
| 311 | * {{Xenafication}}: A girly female is made more action-oriented and capable of defending herself. |
| 312 | * YouGoGirl: A girl proves that she's as good as the boys in athletics. |
| 313 | * YourNormalIsOurTaboo: What's regarded as normal in one society is verboten in another and vice versa. |
| 314 | [[/index]] |
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