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| - If Bob wants to get laid and has to choose between asking Alice, a beautiful woman with an active sex life, and Claire, a "plain" woman looking to keep her virtue for her wedding night, Bob will always choose Claire. There's just something about virgins that seems to exude desirability, like a natural aphrodisiac that works regardless of gender. Heck, even characters who are no longer virgins can get this benefit from sincerely trying to be Chaste or Celibate because Cold Turkeys Are Everywhere (faking it is far more hit and miss). More Tropes that often go hand - in - hand with this:
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| - If Bob wants to get laid and has to choose between asking Alice, a beautiful woman with an active sex life, and Claire, a "plain" woman looking to keep her virtue for her wedding night, Bob will always choose Claire. There's just something about virgins that seems to exude desirability, like a natural aphrodisiac that works regardless of gender. Heck, even characters who are no longer virgins can get this benefit from sincerely trying to be Chaste or Celibate because Cold Turkeys Are Everywhere (faking it is far more hit and miss). This was a big thing in older stories, what with a "woman's virtue" and desirability being directly proportional, and part of the nobility behind a Knight in Shining Armour. The sheer number of suitors a fair and virginal princess would draw to her just from hearing her described would be staggering, bordering on So Beautiful It's a Curse. The reasons behind this vary depending on the period of the story and the characters themselves. In early stories it's because Sex Is Evil, and virginity is a sign of purity, and thus desirability -- and also giving the man some hope of averting Mama's Baby, Papa's Maybe, since it's evidence that she doesn't just sleep around. Modern stories follow the Madonna/Whore Complex: men marry the Madonna, but sleep with the Whore. There's also the bragging rights behind bedding a virgin, which would be a BIG notch in any wannabe Casanova's or rare male Vamp's belt. The assumptions here are that A Man Is Not a Virgin, and the virginal are idiots, and non-virginal women are whores. It bears repeating that this can be a gender neutral trope; when a man is a virgin, that signals to women that this guy is likely waiting for love and not just wanting a one-night stand. Sometimes this trope comes in a more disturbing form, where the thought of defiling a virgin is a turn on in and of itself. However, it could also be thought of as a turn-on to be the first one to show someone how great sex can be. There is also the foolish idea held by some insecure people that a virgin won't know if the sex was bad, having no comparison. But of course, anyone can tell if they had an orgasm, and if they were in pain. And it's much easier to satisfy an experienced woman and keep her from being in pain than it is to do the same for a virgin (same applies to a gay man on the bottom, naturally.) In a horror setting, this is a good thing because of Death by Sex. Then again, there's always the chance the villain of the movie needs a Virgin Sacrifice... More Tropes that often go hand - in - hand with this:
* Always Lawful Good
* Can't Have Sex Ever
* Catholic School Girls Rule
* The Dulcinea Effect
* Hot Librarian
* Innocent Fanservice Girl
* Knight in Shining Armour
* My Girl Is Not a Slut
* Naughty Nuns
* No Guy Wants to Be Chased
* No Sex Allowed
* Virgin Power
* Virgin Sacrifice
* Virgin Tension Subversions:
* Ethical Slut
* Good Bad Girl
* Hooker with a Heart of Gold
* My Girl Is a Slut
* Seemingly-Wholesome Fifties Girl Do not confuse this trope with Nature Abhors a Virgin. Examples of Nature Adores a Virgin include:
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