History Main / DownfallBySex

** Similarly, while he didn't end up going through with it, one of Bojack's biggest regrets is [[spoiler: almost sleeping with Charlotte's 17 year old daughter Penny]]. This is discovered by [[IntrepidReporter Paige Sinclair]] during the final season while she's investigating [[spoiler: Sarah Lynn's death]] and is used as evidence that Bojack is a predatory monster who treats women badly, leading to him becoming a pariah in Hollywoo...at least, until ''The Horny Unicorn'' became a hit and [[EasilyForgiven he became popular again.]]

* ''Theatre/AStreetcarNamedDesire'': Blanche sees herself as a southern belle with fading beauty and flirts with and teases Stanley, Mitch, and the delivery boy because she is so desperate to be seen as attractive to the opposite sex, (something she never felt because her husband, Allan, was homosexual). And when Mitch expresses genuine interest in Blanche, he seems to be receptive to her attempts. Once Stanley digs up Blanches past lies and trysts and reveals them to Mitch, however, this is the beginning of her downfall, and results in Blanches inevitable disillusionment that she has still failed to find a man who truly respects her. Stanley, with his animalistic brutality is fully exemplified as he carries her to the bed. Though Williams does not explicitly describe the graphic rape, we can infer its occurrence. We have seen Stanleys propensity for violence throughout the entire play, and his desire to exert total control over others is hardly surprising. The rape is the culmination of Blanches failed attempt to redefine herself in New Orleans, and is the physical corruption component of the tragic characters (Blanche) downfall.

* Played with in ''Literature/You2015'', in a couple of ways:

* Played with in ''Literature/{{You}}'', in a couple of ways:

* In ''Literature/TheHowling1977'', Roy's lust for Marcia and apparent inability to live without sex for a few months while his wife recovers from sexual violence ends up being his downfall. It drives a deeper wedge between him and Karyn, as while she never directly confronts him about an affair, she suspects there's something going on as neither Roy or Marcia are exactly subtle about their attraction, and he acts standoffish when questions him about his whereabouts during his extramarital trysts. It also culminates in [[spoiler:Marcia turning Roy into a werewolf so he can stay with her permanently]].

* In ''Literature/TheHowlimg1977'', Roy's lust for Marcia and apparent inability to live without sex for a few months while his wife recovers from sexual violence ends up being his downfall. It drives a deeper wedge between him and Karyn, as while she never directly confronts him about an affair, she suspects there's something going on as neither Roy or Marcia are exactly subtle about their attraction, and he acts standoffish when questions him about his whereabouts during his extramarital trysts. It also culminates in [[spoiler:Marcia turning Roy into a werewolf so he can stay with her permanently]].

* ''Series/VeronicaMars'': in a very delayed example, the BigBad of Season 2, [[spoiler:Cassidy Casablancas]], might've escaped detection for other crimes, including the bus crash, if [[spoiler:he hadn't raped Veronica years before.]]
* Housemaid Ethel suffers from this in ''Series/DowntonAbbey'' when she falls pregnant as a result of her affair with an officer, although due to the series’ place on the SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism she does eventually regain a decent life with the help of Mrs Crawley. [[DoubleStandard Naturally]], her baby daddy suffers no consequences whatsoever from the sex, although he does die in the war at the most inconvenient possible moment for Ethel. This also highlights the class differences in the series: although both Mary and Edith wind up involved in sex scandals that could ruin them if they were brought to light, “ruin” for them means social ostracism and a reduction in marital prospects, not survival prostitution and the risk of starvation.

* Sohei Dojima of the ''VideoGame/{{Yakuza}}'' series is shot to death directly as a result of attempting to rape Yumi, while in the middle of the act.

SisterTrope to SexSignalsDeath, with the difference that the downfall usually doesn't involve death at all, and OutWithABang, where a character literally dies or is murdered during or immediately after sex.

SisterTrope to SexSignalsDeath, with the difference that the downfall usually doesn't involve death at all.

*** Cersei also slept with her cousin Lancel Lannister and seduced him into helping assassinate Robert. This not only leads to the aforementioned Civil War, but allows a religious fanatic group called the Faith Militant to publicly shame Cersei herself, as well as forcefully recruit Lancel.

* ''Series/{{Kaamelott}}'': Despite receiving plenty of warnings both mundane and supernatural not to sleep with Mevanwi, Arthur ends up doing so and the kingdom very quickly falls into ruin, not least because Mevanwi turns out to be an evil bitch unwilling to give up her new position or work with the Round Table to lead the country.

* ''Film/AClockworkOrange'': Alex's obsession with sex and violence (sometimes both at the same time) and his steadfast pursuit to inflict both gets the law on his tail, and leads to him getting punished by being jailed for two years and then reformed into a more normal person by torture, which makes him feel physically sick whenever he tries to do anything sexual and violent. After becoming more vulnerable he also is targeted by the victims he tormented when he was at his most insane and violent.

SisterTrope to DeathBySex, with the difference that the downfall usually doesn't involve death at all.

This compares/contrasts with DeathBySex because a character may either die from the encounter, or go through a BreakTheCutie process but not die as a result of their hasty initiating of sex. See also LoveRuinsTheRealm, DefiledForever, and SexIsEvil.

** After Guts [[spoiler:leaves the Hawks]], Griffith, devastated by this, seeks out and seduces [[spoiler:Princess Charlotte]] to regain some small measure of control. And thus, the countdown to The Eclipse and the downfall which sacrifices his former comrades to attain Godhood [[ColdBloodedTorture starts the second]] [[PervertDad her father]] finds out.

* ''Series/HouseOfTheDragon'': Rhaenyra's tryst with Ser Criston Cole of the Kingsguard and the lies she tells to her BestFriend Alicent to cover it up end up cementing the downfall of their friendship, contributing further (though not solely, the SuccessionCrisis was looming anyway) to the division of both House Targaryen and the realm.

* In ''Anime/{{Texhnolyze}}'', Ichise gets [[EyeScream poked in the eye]] in the first episode by a women who hired him for sexual services, causing him to defend himself using his fists. Unfortunately for him, [[spoiler: that woman belongs to a major criminal organization]], which retaliates by cutting off his right arm and his left leg. He later gets some ArtificialLimbs but it definitely contributes to his downfall and eventual death.

* In ''Myth/KingArthur,'' the events leading up to Camelot's fall began with Lancelot having an affair with Arthur's wife, Guinevere. When the adultery was discovered, Guinevere was set to be executed, prompting Lancelot to interrupt the execution and slaughter Gawain's brothers in a mad rage. This spurs Gawain to declare war on Lancelot against the wishes of his king, leaving the kingdom to Mordred, who proceeds to rebel against Arthur.
* King David's greatest mistake started with this. He saw a woman named Bathsheba bathing when he was looking out on his city one night, they slept together, and he had her husband killed to hide the fact that it got her pregnant in the TropeNamer for the UriahGambit. A number of family problems would ensue after this, culminating in his son Absalom's rebellion and Adonijah attempting to proclaim himself king close to David's death.
* David's son Solomon to an even greater extent. His insatiable lust for women lead to him worshipping other gods to make them happy which caused God to abandon him entirely and take the majority of the kingdom David established from Solomon's son after he died.
* Samson had a lust problem, and the Philistines he tormented used this against him by bribing a prostitute named Delilah to try to learn his secret. He eventually caves, and is captured and humiliated as a result.

* Downplayed in ''Film/TheNameOfTheRose''. Adso ends up sleeping with a young peasant girl (who's used to sleeping with monks for food) and rushes to confess to William, who ends up convincing him it's not the end of the world. It doesn't lead to any further trouble for Adso except that he feels even worse about it when the girl is executed by order of the Inquisition.

* David's son Solomon to an even greater extent. His insatiable lust for women lead to him worshipping other gods to make them happy which causes God to abandon him entirely.