History Main / BeautifulSexualAssaultVictim

This idea, needless to say, is loaded with UnfortunateImplications. It suggests that people who aren't beautiful are somehow "safe" from sexual assault, and may not be in need of security or protection. A beautiful sexual assault victim may be [[BlamingTheVictim blamed]] and accused of tempting or provoking their attacker by showing off their beauty. Being a target for sexual assault may be treated as validation of the victim's beauty, or lack of victimization treated as evidence of ugliness. Beautiful people may [[SoBeautifulItsACurse envy ugly people]] for not being objects of lust, and ugly people may [[FairestOfThemAll envy beautiful people]] for the attention they receive. It could also imply that the only way to be attracted to someone who isn't conventionally beautiful is to be a depraved pervert with a [[FetishesAreWeird bizarre fetish]]. The idea of what constitutes "beauty" or "ugliness" in a work may also be skewed by HollywoodBeautyStandards too.

* Zig-zagged in ''Fanfic/WithPearlAndRubyGlowing'', as most of the rapists are motivated by things other than beauty, such as revenge, bigotry, religious fanaticism, or abuse of power. In one case, Anastasia and Drizella were assaulted because they ''weren't'' beautiful and their male classmates felt they should be punished for it, and the sheriff mocks Cleo for being [[YouAreFat too fat to appeal to him]], which ruins her self-esteem as badly as the rape would and it's possible he knew that would happen. There are some stories where attractiveness was the main factor, but the survivors are not portrayed as deserving it since it was something they couldn't control. Philippe believes it was the reason for his repeated assaults and breaks his own nose and teeth with a hammer to prevent future ones, but the narrative doesn't condone this view, as the first incident happened [[WouldHurtAChild when he was an infant]].

A subtrope of AppearanceAngst and GoodVictimsBadVictims, and a sister trope to SoBeautifulItsACurse. Compare and contrast NatureAdoresAVirgin, AnythingThatMoves, EvenEvilHasStandards, and StalkerWithACrush. For the assumption that victimhood is tied to femininity, see DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale, AllAbusersAreMale, and FemalesAreMoreInnocent. For interplays of beauty and victimhood that don't necessarily involve sex crimes, see DropDeadGorgeous and DamselInDistress.

* In the WebVideo/BrandonRogers video "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tjBBO2SUbE Hall Monitor Helen]]," Helen says this to a student:
-->"You know what happens to girls who wear shorts that short? A white van picks them up and they get ''all'' their holes resized... not you, Melissa, you're never getting molested."

* Zig-zagged in ''Fanfic/WithPearlAndRubyGlowing'', as most of the rapists are motivated by things other than beauty, such as revenge, bigotry, religious fanaticism, or abuse of power. In one case, two characters were assaulted because they ''weren't'' beautiful. There are some stories where attractiveness was the main factor, but the survivors are not portrayed as deserving it since it was something they couldn't control.

In cases where this trope is PlayedForLaughs as BlackComedyRape, the usual punchline is it's absurd that ''anyone'', even a rapist, could possibly consider an ugly character to be attractive, or a character is insulted and told that they're too ugly to rape. This often overlaps with ArentYouGoingToRavishMe, where a character is outright offended that someone doesn't want to rape them.

* In the Creator/DanielleSteel novel ''Kaleidoscope'', one of the three heroines weeps over yet another unwanted sexual advance that she's fended of, wondering why nearly every man--and some women-- she's met has tried to rape her. The novel explains that she simply doesn't understand that it's because of her beauty.

->''The very young and the very old are sometimes targeted, but this is rare… Female rape victimisation and female sexual attractiveness peak at exactly the same age -- the two graphs map onto each other almost perfectly… if ‘rape is about power, not sex’, why would rapists just happen to target the age group that also just happens to be the most sexually desirable to men?''

This idea, needless to say, is loaded with UnfortunateImplications. It suggests that people who aren't beautiful are somehow "safe" from sexual assault, and may not be in need of security or protection. A beautiful sexual assault victim may be [[BlamingTheVictim blamed]] and accused of tempting or provoking their attacker by showing off their beauty. Being a target for sexual assault may be treated as validation of the victim's beauty, or lack of victimization treated as evidence of ugliness. It could also imply that the only way to be attracted to someone who isn't conventionally beautiful is to be a depraved pervert with a [[FetishesAreWeird bizarre fetish]]. The idea of what constitutes "beauty" or "ugliness" in a work may also be skewed by HollywoodBeautyStandards too.

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* ''Series/{{Vicious}}'': A CrossesTheLineTwice example from Violet, Freddie and Stuart's DirtyOldWoman neighbor:
-->'''Violet''': I'm so frightened of being raped!
-->'''Freddie''': For god's sake, Violet, no one wants to rape you.
-->'''Violet''': ...What an awful thing to say.

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* ''Webcomic/StrongFemaleProtagonist'': [[https://strongfemaleprotagonist.com/issue-6/page-60-3/ During a support group meeting for dynamorphics]] (an expy for [[Franchise/MarvelUniverse Marvel-style mutants]]), a woman whose power caused her skin to turn green shares how she felt sexually objectified at her job. Another dynamorph whose power gave her sharp metallic plates all over her body begins complaining about having to listen to "green porn star," because her own mutation is seen as too ghastly for anyone to approach her.

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* Discussed and inverted in ''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks'' episode "A Date with the Booty Warrior". [[FatBastard Uncle]] [[{{Gonk}} Ruckus]], Tom, Huey, Riley, and a few other visitors have been taken hostage by several inmates during a PrisonRiot. Ruckus makes a snarky comment that annoys his captors, which leads to one of them replying, "You ain't too fat and ugly to get [[PrisonRape raped]], motherfucker!" Ruckus immediately apologizes in response.

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* In an episode of ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'', Raj and Amy commiserate over feeling undesirable and unattractive, and Amy dejectedly mentions that she once passed out at a frat party and woke up with more clothes on, apparently [[ArentYouGoingToRavishMe feeling rejected]] because she wasn't assaulted while unconscious.

** Played straight in the Japanese edition when Lina's captured by a group of henchmen, one suggests raping her, but all the others refuse for one reason for another. One henchman, a werewolf, says he finds human women to be incredibly ugly.

* ''Film/TheMexican'': Discussed. Creator/JuliaRoberts' character asks her kidnapper whether he plans to rape her, and he says "Not likely." When she asks whether it's because she's not attractive, he says she is attractive, and explains to her that rape is about hate toward someone, not attraction.

* ''Literature/QueenOfTheTearling'': After the protagonist is captured by a man who calls himself "the Fetch," she discovers someone [[BatheHerAndBringHerToMe stripped her of her clothes, bathed her, and dressed her in something else]], and is understandably upset. The Fetch admits to it, but swears he didn't do anything lewd to her because she's too plain for his tastes. She is hurt by the statement that she's plain and dwells on it for some time, but never acknowledges the fact that the Fetch said he would rape any pretty woman who's in his grasp. She doesn't even realize this when she later frees a beautiful woman from imprisonment as a SexSlave, who tells her that she need not be jealous because [[SoBeautifulItsACurse beauty is not always an advantage]].

* PlayedForLaughs in a ''[[Series/MADtv1995 MADtv]]'' [[https://youtu.be/IDrlxlHcErk sketch]]. An obese woman named Cindy Delmont goes to her boss to complain about her coworker Brian's sexual harassment. The boss, who constantly cracks [[YouAreFat fat jokes]] at her expense, outright laughs at her claims and struggles to understand why Brian would find her attractive. When she produces a recording as evidence, the boss orders Brian to be fired--not for sexually harassment, but because being a ChubbyChaser means he must be "totally out of his fucking mind".

--> '''Freddie''': For god's sake, Violet, no-one wants to rape you.
--> '''Violet''': ...What an awful thing to say.

->''Female rape victimisation and female sexual attractiveness peak at exactly the same age -- the two graphs map onto each other almost perfectly… if ‘rape is about power, not sex’, why would rapists just happen to target the age group that also just happens to be the most sexually desirable to men?''

In cases where this trope is PlayedForLaughs as BlackComedyRape, the usual punchline is it's absurd that ''anyone'', even a rapist, could possibly consider an ugly character to be attractive, or a character is insulted and told that they're too ugly to rape. This often overlaps with {{Aren't You Going To Ravish Me}}, where a character is outright offended that someone doesn't want to rape them.

->''Female rape victimisation and female sexual attractiveness peak at exactly the same age --
the two graphs map onto each other almost perfectly… if ‘rape is about power, not sex’, why would rapists just happen to target the age group that also just happens to be the most sexually desirable to men?''

** PlayedForLaughs in the English edition, where a troll is about to attack Lina Inverse, but changes its mind at the last second and attacks a pretty waitress instead. Gourry [[HangingALampshadeOnIt lampshades]] this when he says:

'''Big Girl:'''' Aw...

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(Indices: UglinessTropes, TheBeautifulTropes, SexualHarassmentAndRapeTropes, CrimeAndPunishmentTropes, DoubleStandard, BodyImageTropes, VictimhoodTropes, NoRealLife.SexSexualityAndRapeTropes)

-->'''Kiyoshi:''' I don't know what you're so worked up about...
-->'''Sally:''' Oh I don't know! '''''Maybe because a couple of old men might have been molesting me in my sleep!'''''
-->'''Kiyoshi:''' I doubt it.
-->'''Sally:''' You '''''doubt''''' it?! '''''Hey!''''' Are you saying that I'm too '''''ugly''''' for old men to want to abuse me?!
-->'''Kiyoshi:''' I'm just '''''pretty''''' sure they're gay...
* ''Webcomic/StrongFemaleProtagonist'': [[https://strongfemaleprotagonist.com/issue-6/page-60-3/ During a support group meeting for dynamorphics]] (an expy for [[Franchise/MarvelUniverse Marvel-style mutants]]), a woman whose power caused her to turn green shares how she felt sexually objectified at her job. Another dynamorph whose power gave her sharp metallic plates all over her body begins complaining about having to listen to "green porn star," because her own mutation is seen as too ghastly for anyone to approach her.

-->'''Killer:''' Ya look like a fat, grey pear! I hate you, ya fat grey pear!
-->'''Roger:''' [''gasps''] Well, what are you into, flesh-colored, non-fruit-shaped women?!

-->'''Big Girl:''' Oh no, I hope the Rape Ghost doesn't get me!
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-->''''Big Girl:'''' Aw...