History Main / SexIsGood

-->--'''Corporal Josh Ray Person''', ''GenerationKill''

* Used to an absurd degree in ''RiskyBusiness''. At the beginning of the movie, Joel is a virgin, and an insecure loser. As a result of his having sex with a call girl (and subsequent snowballs) he- gets into Princeton, gains an incredibly hot girlfriend, and develops a great deal of self-confidence. Moreover, it's implied that this confidence was also gained by [[spoiler:all the guys who dipped into their trust fund for the one-night brothel]]. His ridiculous ability to evade any negative consequences for these acts of [[IdiotHoudini poor judgment]] is lampshaded by the pimp near the end, who states that he really ought to just kill Joel outright considering all the trouble he's caused.

Often the natural extension of ImAManICantHelpIt. The supertrope of GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex, SexFaceTurn, GladToBeAliveSex, and many others. The opposite of SexIsEvil. Related to STDImmunity. Compare SexIsInteresting. The HeroicSeductress is this trope personified.

* ''ElfQuest''. Sex is good in just about every situation, as per the EverybodyHasLotsOfSex universe. Even if nature decides two elves should have a child together against their will, they inevitably enjoy it and the child is always celebrated as precious new life because BabiesMakeEverythingBetter. For what it's worth, these in-universe rules only apply to elves- one storyline has Mender seducing a couple of human women, but as "normal" human women, it only succeeds in seriously screwing up their lives. Pini came up with this storyline after becoming concerned that an impressionable teenager might read ElfQuest and conclude that sexual relationships lacked meaningful negative consequences.

* ''NipTuck'' has this in spades. Regardless of the context, sex only ever seems to make any situation or relationship better, as it seems to magically make any character that engages in it stronger and more self-confident. Take the twins in the second episode of the series, who are emotional basket-cases when they realize that getting surgery to make themselves look different was a bad idea, but all of three scenes later are happy and well-assured having just engaged in a threesome with Christian.

* Despite depicting an overwhelming amount of [[SexIsEvil disturbing sexual content]], ''{{Berserk}}'' gives the audience one example of [[GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex good sex]] between OfficialCouple Guts and Casca. Both have had their share of traumatizing sexual experience [[spoiler: both being victims and survivors of sexual assault and rape]], but used their new-found love with each other [[IntimatePsychotherapy to mend their old wounds]] [[SexEqualsLove and strengthen their relationship.]] Plus they enjoyed the physical aspect immensely.

Often the natural extension of ImAManICantHelpIt. The supertrope of GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex, SexFaceTurn, GladToBeAliveSex, and many others. The opposite of SexIsEvil. Related to STDImmunity. Compare SexIsInteresting.

->''"It's lack of pussy that fucks countries up. Lack of pussy is the root fucking cause of all global instability; if more hajis were getting quality pussy, there'd be no reason for us to come over and fuck 'em up like this, 'cause a nutbusting hajji, is a happy hajji. You take the Republican Guard and comp their asses for a week in Vegas. ''No fucking war!'' If Saddam invested more in the pussy infrastructure of Iraq than he did in his fucking gay ass army, then this country would be no more fucked up than say, Mexico."''

* Used to an absurd degree in RiskyBusiness. At the beginning of the movie, Joel is a virgin, and an insecure loser. As a result of his having sex with a call girl (and subsequent snowballs) he- gets into Princeton, gains an incredibly hot girlfriend, and develops a great deal of self-confidence. Moreover, it's implied that this confidence was also gained by [[spoiler:all the guys who dipped into their trust fund for the one-night brothel]]. His ridiculous ability to evade any negative consequences for these acts of [[IdiotHoudini poor judgment]] is lampshaded by the pimp near the end, who states that he really ought to just kill Joel outright considering all the trouble he's caused.
* NipTuck has this in spades. Regardless of the context, sex only ever seems to make any situation or relationship better, as it seems to magically make any character that engages in it stronger and more self-confident. Take the twins in the second episode of the series, who are emotional basket-cases when they realize that getting surgery to make themselves look different was a bad idea, but all of three scenes later are happy and well-assured having just engaged in a threesome with Christian.

* [[StrawFeminist Myrna]] [[TheSixties Minkoff]] of ''Literature/AConfederacyOfDunces'' believes this fervently, to the point where she regards sex as the key to world revolution, equality, and peace. She also thinks [[YouNeedToGetLaid sex would solve all of Ignatius' problems]]; in his case, she might actually be right (although she has ulterior motives; she's obviously trying to get into his pants for [[OppositesAttract complex but ultimately understandable reasons]]).

->''"It's lack of pussy that fucks countries up. Lack of pussy is the root fucking cause of all global instability; if more hajis were getting quality pussy, there'd be no reason for us to come over and fuck 'em up like this, 'cause a nutbusting hajji, is a happy hajji. You take the Republican Guard and comp their asses for a week in Vegas. ''No fucking war!'' If Saddam invested more in the pussy infrastructure of Iraq than he did in his fucking gay ass army, then this country would be no more fucked up than say, [[HarsherInHindsight Mexico]]."''

->''"It's lack of pussy that fucks countries up. Lack of pussy is the root fucking cause of all global instability; if more hajis were getting quality pussy, there'd be no reason for us to come over and fuck 'em up like this, 'cause a nutbusting hajji, is a happy hajji. You take the Republican Guard and comp their asses for a week in Vegas. ''No fucking war!'' If Saddam invested more in the pussy infrastructure of Iraq than he did in his fucking gay ass army, then this country would be no more fucked up than say, Mexico."''

* ''Everything'' by Creator/RobertAHeinlein, particularly ''StrangerInAStrangeLand'' and ''Literature/TheMoonIsAHarshMistress''.

* ''Everything'' by Creator/RobertAHeinlein, particularly ''StrangerInAStrangeLand'' and ''TheMoonIsAHarshMistress''.

--> "Sodomy, fellatio, cunnulingus, [[BreadEggsMilkSquick pederasty]]... Father, why do these words sound do nasty? Masturbation can be fun - join the holy orgy, Kama Sutra, everyone!"

* ''AliceInWonderland: An X-rated Musical Fantasy''.

[=STDs=] will be effectively nonexistent, with even TheCasanova being able to [[STDImmunity effortlessly avoid them]]. Any emotional problems caused by a relationship (or lack thereof) will be blamed on the sufferer. In a [[WillTheyOrWontThey Will They Or Won't They]] situation, sex will almost always lead to a long-term relationship without any undesirable repercussions.

* ''Everything'' by RobertAHeinlein, particularly ''StrangerInAStrangeLand'' and ''TheMoonIsAHarshMistress''.

* The [[SoBadItsGood hilariously bad]] hentai manga ''Anal Justice'' takes this BeyondTheImpossible.

--> "Sodomy, fellatio, cunnulingus, [[BreadEggsMilkSquick pederasty]]... Father, why do these words sound do nasty? Masturbation can be fun - join the holy orgy, Kama Sutra, everyone!"

[=STDs=] will be effectively nonexistent, with even TheCasanova being able to [[STDImmunity effortlessly avoid them]]. Any emotional problems caused by a relationship (or lack thereof) will be blamed on the sufferer. In a WillTheyOrWon'tThey situation, sex will almost always lead to a long-term relationship without any undesirable repercussions.

A core value of an EthicalSlut and the counterpart trope to EverybodyHasLotsOfSex- in fact, the popularity of each of these tropes almost certainly is due to the symbiotic influence of the other.

Now sex does indeed feel good, for obvious evolutionary reasons. What this trope does is it takes this fact and makes it universal. There are rarely ever meaningful emotional consequences for sex unless they're a part of a VerySpecialEpisode.

Take pregnancy. Sometimes, [[ButWeUsedACondom it goes wrong]]. But that's only in the short term. In the long term, the characters involved in the pregnancy will learn valuable life lessons and are likely to pair up at the end anyway. This often occurs regardless of the nature of conception, be it long-term boyfriend or drunken one-night stand. Even if one character (usually the Dad) completely leaves the picture, the woman will be fulfilled and happy because she has a baby and BabiesMakeEverythingBetter.

[=STDs=]? Well, they're out there, no doubt about that. But don't expect anyone to bat an eyelash when TheCasanova starts hitting on them, even though odds are more likely than not that he's a biology lab for the little buggers.

Emotional hang-ups are likewise very rare, and when they do show up are often treated unambiguously as the more emotionally invested person's fault for having different expectations going into a hook-up than the less emotionally invested person has. Sex will often be cement the romance in a WillTheyOrWontThey situation as opposed to screwing it up.

People who physically don't enjoy sex may as well be considered freaks. At best, their experience will be the result of doing it with the "wrong guy", and so when they do it with the "right guy" at the end, everything will be fine.

This trope was especially popular back in the eighties with the rise of modern teen movies, as well as with the gay community. [[UnfortunateImplications This gets really bad when you remember the high risk rate for the then-unknown HIV]].

A few big exceptions to this trope are serious RapeTropes and [[GoodAdulteryBadAdultery Adultery]]. Often the natural extension of ImAManICantHelpIt. The supertrope of GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex, SexFaceTurn, GladToBeAliveSex, and many others. Obviously the opposite of SexIsEvil. Related to STDImmunity. Compare SexIsInteresting.

Emotional hang-ups are likewise very rare, and when they do show up are often treated unambiguously as the woman's fault for having different expectations going into a hook-up than the man was. Sex will often be cement the romance in a WillTheyOrWontThey situation as opposed to screwing it up.

A few big exceptions to this trope are serious RapeTropes and [[GoodAdulteryBadAdultery Adultery]]. Unfortunately, this still gets us into murky middle ground- it's the reason why a woman who's raped will instantly [[GoodVictimsBadVictims lose all sympathy]] if she's a slut, since if she wanted it then she's just complaining about it later because she's having buyer's remorse when, as everyone knows, SexIsGood. Adultery likewise does this since the distinction between "good" and "bad" adultery is, as the article shows, incredibly fungible.

Often the natural extension of ImAManICantHelpIt. The supertrope of GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex, SexFaceTurn, GladToBeAliveSex, and many others. Obviously the opposite of SexIsEvil. Related to STDImmunity. Compare SexIsInteresting.

STDs? Well, they're out there, no doubt about that. But don't expect anyone to bat an eyelash when TheCasanova starts hitting on them, even though odds are more likely than not that he's a biology lab for the little buggers.

Often the natural extension of ImAManICantHelpIt. The supertrope of GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex, SexFaceTurn, GladToBeAliveSex, and many others. Obviously the opposite of SexIsEvil. Related to STDImmunity.

--> "Sodomy, fellatio, cunnulingus, pederasty... Father, why do these words sound do nasty? Masturbation can be fun - join the holy orgy, Kama Sutra, everyone!"

The counterpart trope to EverybodyHasLotsOfSex- in fact, the popularity of each of these tropes almost certainly is due to the symbiotic influence of the other.

Now sex does indeed feel good. That's pretty much the whole reason it evolved in the first place. What this trope does is it takes this fact and makes it universal. There are rarely ever meaningful emotional consequences for sex unless they're a part of a VerySpecialEpisode.